News Roundup

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:50:43 +0000

    The Manila Police District (MPD) has already identified the five persons of interest in last week’s robbery at a bank in Binondo, Manila. Police identified the suspects as Gilcar Mofan, Noli Casuela, Marlon Parojinog, Michael Calunod and Frederex Secretario. MPD chief Brig. Gen. Vicente Danao said the group’s leader, Marlon ”Ailon” Parojinog, is related […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 08:05:25 +0000

  Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers have intercepted 13 Filipino passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) bound for Hongkong with fake boarding passes and tickets acquired from a scammer. BI port operations chief Grifton Medina said the passengers, seven men and six women, were caught at the airline counter of Cathay Pacific at […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:28:19 +0000

  Senator Cynthia Villar is again seeking the approval of a bill that would help small farmers recover from natural calamities. Villar recently filed Senate Bill 140 or the proposed “Free Index-Based Agriculture Insurance Act” which seeks to create an enabling policy, regulatory, and funding support  for a more effective crop insurance program. “With an average of 20 […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 05:21:43 +0000

  Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente reminded yesterday prospective foreign workers in the country to secure a Tax Identification Number (TIN) from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) before applying for a work visa. “We are adjusting our policy in support of the BIR, to ensure that the government collects the necessary taxes […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 08:48:57 +0000

  The latest record-high public satisfaction rating of President Duterte shows that he is “on the right track” in governing the na­tion despite the negative propa­ganda by detractors, Malacañang said Tuesday. Presidential spokesman Salva­dor Panelo said more and more Filipinos believe the President’s honest intention for the nation as well as have seen how he […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 07:04:09 +0000

  The two policemen who were earlier relieved for being bullies will be shipped for moral and spiritual recovery program at the training center of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Zambales. Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), said the training program is essential for the two erring […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2019 07:01:03 +0000

  Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), will be meeting with leaders of militant groups and other organizations that are planning to hold protest actions during the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Duterte on July 22. Eleazar said the move is aimed at ensuring a […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2019 06:55:52 +0000

  Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko” Domagoso launched on Friday an online complaint desk where grievances of Manileños may be filed using a new platform. The new Manila mayor ordered that the complaint desk will be placed under the local government unit’s new Public Information Office (PIO) which now also serves as the official public relations […]