Credit to Author: JAIME G. AQUINO, TMT| Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:40:40 +0000
DAGUPAN CITY: Members of the House of Representatives themselves visit the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to expedite release of funds for infrastructure projects in various congressional districts across the country. Then, according to a watchdog based in Pangasinan province, these “so-called representatives of the people” will just have to wait a while for […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Divina Nova Joy Dela Cruz| Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:45:38 +0000
Seven Mindanao lawmakers have filed a resolution seeking a congressional probe of alleged police involvement in the massacre of nine Moro farmers in Kabacan North Cotabato on August 29.| House Resolution 1183 was filed by Deputy Speaker and Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman, Anak Mindanao Rep. Amihilda Sangcopan, Maguindanao Rep. Esmael Mangudadatu, Sulu Rep. Munir Arbison, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Antonio P. Rimando| Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:35:50 +0000
PAGADIAN CITY: A father and son were arrested last Wednesday night by police and drug enforcement agents in a buy-bust at a parking lot in Barangay San Pedro in this Zamboanga del Sur capital city, police said. Seized from the suspects was shabu worth P5 million. LtCol. Alvin Saguiban, city police chief, in his report […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Vince Jacob A. Visaya| Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:34:19 +0000
CITY OF CAUAYAN, Isabela: Agents from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Bureau of Customs seized six fake cigarette-making machines and paraphernalia inside two abandoned trucks at a warehouse lot in Purok 2, Minante II in this city last September 1, according to a late report. Provincial head Timoteo Rejano of NBI-Isabela said two […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Leander C. Domingo, TMT| Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:33:12 +0000
IN a move to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the country, the United States and Philippine governments brought together 135 participants from various sectors to measure and understand IUU fishing at a national level in a two-day online workshop that ended on Thursday. John Law, US Embassy-mission deputy chief, said the exercise […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Red Mendoza| Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 16:34:03 +0000
MAJORITY of the new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in Negros Occidental were attributed to locally stranded individuals (LSIs) and other inbound travellers that were heading home from different parts of the country, the Department of Health (DoH) said. DoH Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the increase in provincial cases was due to homeward-bound […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Eugene Y. Adiong| Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 16:33:34 +0000
BACOLOD CITY: A team of 12 doctors, nurses and medical aides from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Central Command arrived in Bacolod City on Friday to reinforce efforts of the local government to curb the rising cases of coronavirus infections in the province. The AFP medical team will fill in the gap left […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Leander C. Domingo, TMT| Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 16:32:27 +0000
SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela: A renewable energy company has reaffirmed its commitment to support education in its host communities in the provinces of Benguet, Isabela and Ifugao as it welcomed 12 incoming college freshmen students to the Bridging Gaps in Higher Education through Tertiary Scholarships (BRIGHTS) program. Joseph Yu, SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP) president and chief […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Al Jacinto, TMT| Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:29:04 +0000
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Sulu has rejected fresh proposals to place the province anew under martial law following the recent twin suicide bombings in the capital town of Jolo that killed and wounded dozens of people, mostly civilians. Gov. Sakur Tan, who called a multisectoral meeting on Wednesday to discuss the security situation listened to participants and […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:28:03 +0000
PALAWAN, voted as World’s Best Island in 2020 by Travel + Leisure, awaits visitors once more as it reopens its doors to tourism. Now under the modified general community quarantine and with the support of the Department of Tourism (DoT) and municipal government, luxury chain El Nido Resorts is the first to receive the DoT […]
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