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Media urged to raise awareness on admin’s anti-poverty drive
December 17, 2019, 7:14 pm
MANILA -- A Palace official has urged the media to continue featuring reports that will “raise awareness” on the Duterte administration’s anti-poverty efforts. Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar, a former television broadcaster, urged the media to… Read More
‘Conviction, no less’ for Ampatuan massacre suspects
December 17, 2019, 6:56 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Maura Montaño, 80, winced as she tried to remember the last time she saw her daughter Marife, a broadcast and print journalist here, two days before the Ampatuan massacre on Nov. 23, 2009.Marife, fondly called “Neneng” by her family and colleagues, bade Maura and her… Read More
‘Pasalubong’ pork products seized at Bacolod-Silay Airport
December 17, 2019, 6:54 pm
BACOLOD CITY -- Amid the ongoing enforcement of the African swine fever (ASF) Prevention Ordinance, personnel of the Provincial ASF Task Force in Negros Occidental seized and burned the contents of some 56 cans of popular canned pork products that passed through the Bacolod-Silay Airport in the… Read More
Further study on 'White Russian' refugees in E. Samar pushed
December 17, 2019, 6:48 pm
GUIUAN, Eastern Samar -- A young author will pursue further research on the accounts of "White Russians" who took shelter in this town’s Tubabao Island 70 years ago. Kinna Mae Kwan said in an interview Tuesday she needs to go to France to get information from the country’s archive to learn… Read More
NPA 'militiaman' nabbed with IED in Agusan Norte
December 17, 2019, 6:42 pm
BUTUAN CITY – A team of police and Army personnel arrested an alleged member of the Militia ng Bayan of the New People’s Army (NPA), who was caught with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte on Monday.In a statement on Tuesday, Brig. Gen. Joselito T. Esquivel Jr.,… Read More
Cordillera police on full alert during holiday season
December 17, 2019, 6:36 pm
CAMP DANGWA, LA TRINIDAD, Benguet-- More than 6,000 policemen in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) will be on full alert with all personnel ready to respond to any eventuality following the red alert order from the national headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP). “Full… Read More
Lawmaker pushes for FOI bill passage in 18th Congress
December 17, 2019, 6:30 pm
MANILA – A lawmaker at the House of Representatives is pushing for the passage of a measure seeking to institutionalize freedom of information (FOI) to promote transparency and accountability in public service. In a statement on Tuesday, Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas stressed the need to… Read More
Shellfish ban up in 5 Eastern Visayas bays
December 17, 2019, 6:25 pm
TACLOBAN CITY -- A shellfish ban is up in five bays in Eastern Visayas as red tide toxins plagued coastal waters, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. In its alert issued Tuesday, BFAR informed the public that red tide toxins were found in Cancabato Bay in Tacloban City; San… Read More
Construction for P150-M Sarangani training center starts
December 17, 2019, 6:25 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Construction will go full swing by next month for the PHP150-million regional skills training center of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Alabel town, Sarangani province. Rafael Abrogar II, TESDA-12 director, said Tuesday that preparatory… Read More
Cops seize grenade, shabu in Zambo anti-drug ops
December 17, 2019, 6:21 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Police seized an explosive and a firearm in separate anti-drug operations that also resulted in the arrest of three people and confiscation of more than PHP100,000 illegal-drugs in the Zamboanga Peninsula, an official said Tuesday.Maj. Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office-9… Read More
Palace denies role in junked forfeiture suit vs. Marcoses
December 17, 2019, 6:11 pm
MANILA — Malacañang clarified on Tuesday that the executive branch has no hand in the Sandiganbayan Fourth Division’s move to junk the PHP200-billion civil forfeiture case against the family of the late president Ferdinand Marcos. This came after the anti-graft court dismissed the forfeiture… Read More
Completion of 13 infra projects eyed in few years: Chinese envoy
December 17, 2019, 6:08 pm
MANILA – China’s envoy to the Philippines said on Monday more than a dozen flagship infrastructure projects are in the pipeline to be completed in the next few years as he vowed continuous support for the country’s Build, Build, Build program. “We have 13 ongoing projects. Those are big… Read More
2 dead, 1 missing in Dagupan City drowning incident
December 17, 2019, 6:05 pm
DAGUPAN CITY -- Two have been confirmed dead while one is still missing after four college students drowned in a beach in Barangay Bonuan Gueset here. In an interview Tuesday, city chief of police, Lt. Col. Abubakar Mangelen Jr. said the victim, Mark Christian Cruz of Manaoag, Pangasinan, was… Read More
AFP marks 84th founding anniversary
December 17, 2019, 6:05 pm
MANILA -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) celebrated its 84th founding anniversary in a ceremony at the Lapu-Lapu Grandstand in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City Tuesday. President Rodrigo Duterte led the anniversary rites which highlighted the various accomplishments of the AFP in the past… Read More
BSP probes 10 banks for links to money laundering scheme
December 17, 2019, 6:03 pm
MANILA -- Philippine monetary officials are now looking at information that about 10 banks received the alleged dirty money that passed through Ayala-led Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), through its partnership with Westpac Banking Corporation’s remittance arm. Reports said BPI has… Read More
Goat center eyed in Ilocos Norte town
December 17, 2019, 5:58 pm
LAOAG CITY—In the town of Piddig, goat raising is slowly becoming popular as its local government unit hopes to have its own goat center in the future. To jump start the project, at least 300 goats were distributed on Tuesday to farmer-beneficiaries from the town’s 23 barangays. Piddig Mayor… Read More
NTF exec calls for public vigilance ahead of CPP anniversary
December 17, 2019, 5:57 pm
MANILA – A ranking official of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) has called on the public to be vigilant in the wake of reports that communist rebels have been ordered to launch operations to assassinate people who do not submit to their will as they mark… Read More
Zambo taxi coop gets LTFRB nod to operate 50 more units
December 17, 2019, 5:57 pm
MORE TAXI UNITS. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has approved the franchise application of the Asia's Latin City Transport Service Cooperative to operate an additional 50 taxi units. The entry of new taxis has increased the number of taxi units to 150 servicing the riding… Read More
Upland residents in Kidapawan ordered to leave high-risk homes
December 17, 2019, 5:55 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato -- Residents of an upland village here who returned home after fleeing to safer grounds following several strong earthquakes in October were ordered to evacuate anew following Sunday’s magnitude-6.9 tremor, an official said Tuesday.Psalmer Bernalte, city disaster… Read More
942 NPA members, supporters yield to 7ID in 2019
December 17, 2019, 5:53 pm
BALER, Aurora – A total of 942 communist rebels and their supporters have surrendered to the Philippine Army’s 7th Infantry “Kaugnay” Division from January to December 13 this year as a result of the implementation of the government’s campaign on ending the local communist armed… Read More
