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Trading week ends with bearishness
July 6, 2018, 6:53 pm
MANILA -- The Philippine peso ended flat against the greenback, while the local stock barometer continued its decline on Friday. The local currency closed the day at 53.42 versus the dollar, unchanged from Thursday's close. It opened the day at 53.41, improving to as much as 53.36 but also slipped… Read More
Mining firm okays expansion of Baguio landfill site
July 6, 2018, 6:51 pm
BAGUIO CITY -- Mining firm Benguet Corp. has agreed to expand by an additional five hectares the property on which it has allowed the government to develop Baguio's engineered sanitary landfill (ESL). With this addition, the area covered by the planned ESL has been expanded to almost 30 hectares.… Read More
36 lepto cases with 3 deaths reported in C. Luzon in 1st sem
July 6, 2018, 6:36 pm
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — A total of 36 leptospirosis cases, including three deaths, were recorded in Central Luzon from January to June this year, a bit lower compared to the 40 cases during the same period last year. Dr. Jessie Fantone, head of the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance… Read More
PNP-12 launches community-based policing initiative
July 6, 2018, 6:36 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY--The Police Regional Office 12 (Soccsksargen) launched on Thursday a community-based policing initiative to strengthen public participation in peacekeeping and crime prevention.Chief Supt. Marcelo Morales, PRO-12 director, said Friday their personnel will visit local… Read More
Army kills 3 NPA rebels in North Cotabato encounter
July 6, 2018, 6:35 pm
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao – The military killed during an encounter Friday three communist rebels believed to be behind the roadside bombing in Magpet, North Cotabato last month that slew a soldier and injured five others.A military report said that elements of the 19th Infantry Battalion were… Read More
Cotabato City highway mishap kills 4
July 6, 2018, 6:34 pm
COTABATO CITY – Four persons died in a freak highway road accident here Thursday involving a pedicab and passenger vehicle.Senior Supt. Rolly Octavio, city police director, identified the slain victims as pedicab occupants Aslea Akmad Lumibao, 17; Harea Guianaid, 15; Norjana Akmad, 18, all… Read More
Flooded North Cotabato town under state of calamity
July 6, 2018, 6:33 pm
COTABATO CITY – A North Cotabato town has been placed under a state of calamity due to floods that submerged eight of its 24 villages following torrential rains the past three days, a town official said Friday.Kabacan Vice Mayor Myra Dulay Bade said the Sangguniang Bayan passed a resolution… Read More
2 alleged NPA members, 11 others nabbed in GenSan raid
July 6, 2018, 6:30 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY--Joint Army and police personnel arrested 13 church development workers and activists, two of whom tagged as members of the New People’s Army (NPA), in an operation at a retreat center here on Wednesday night.Armed with arrest warrants, elements from the Criminal… Read More
Quezon City to include child reps in children council
July 6, 2018, 6:27 pm
MANILA -- Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista on Friday approved an amendment to an ordinance on the Barangay Council for the Protection of Children (BCPC) to include child representatives in the body. “It is the policy of the city government that the rights of the children for survival,… Read More
Solon assures budget for electric coops emergency fund law
July 6, 2018, 6:18 pm
MANILA -- The chairman of the House committee on appropriations on Friday assured ample funding for the implementation of the newly-signed Electric Cooperatives (ECs) Emergency and Resiliency Fund Act under the 2019 national budget. "I will see to it that the eventual General Appropriations Act… Read More
Filipinos benefit P32.5-B per month from TRAIN: DOF exec
July 6, 2018, 6:16 pm
MANILA -- Filipinos are reaping the benefits, around PHP32.5 billion per month, due to the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law, an official of the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In the Philippine News Agency (PNA) program Pros and Cons, DOF Assistant… Read More
Leptospirosis cases up 13% in Pangasinan with 10 deaths
July 6, 2018, 6:10 pm
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan -- The provincial health office has recorded 45 cases of leptospirosis from January 1 to July 2 this year, 13 percent higher than the 40 cases tallied in the same period last year. Rodhalia Binay-an, nurse coordinator of the health office’s Provincial Epidemiology and… Read More
Duque cites intensified awareness, testing to curb rise of AIDS cases
July 6, 2018, 5:37 pm
MANILA-- Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday reiterated that intensified public awareness and voluntary testing for human immuno virus (HIV) would make a difference in preventing the spread of acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome (AIDS). "Dapat sila ay magpa-test kasi yun ang… Read More
Bulacan police official facing rape complaint summoned
July 6, 2018, 5:33 pm
CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan -- The Internal Affairs Services (IAS) of the Bulacan Police Provincial Office on Friday summoned the relieved police chief of Hagonoy town to get his side on the rape complaint filed against him by a female inmate. Lawyer Christina Alcantara, Bulacan IAS director, also… Read More
LTO-Eastern Visayas starts release of backlogged license plate
July 6, 2018, 5:30 pm
TACLOBAN CITY --The Land Transportation Office (LTO) here on Thursday began the release of more than 100,000 backlogged license plates to motor vehicle owners in Eastern Visayas. LTO Regional Director Edgar Catarungan said his office will distribute 50 to 100 plates daily for owners with cars… Read More
Manhunt launched vs Sarangani village exec tagged in drug trade
July 6, 2018, 5:30 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY--Authorities have launched a manhunt against a barangay chairman in Kiamba town, Sarangani Province after eluding arrest in an anti-drug operation on Tuesday.Joni Ress Layso, spokesperson of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 12, said Friday police and other… Read More
Gov't on track to achieve growth goals: DOF
July 6, 2018, 5:28 pm
MANILA -- Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said Friday that Filipinos have reason to remain confident in the Philippines’ growth story, given that economic indicators point to a positive direction as the Duterte administration continues to “do the right things at the right time.”… Read More
North Cotabato exec asks PRC to improve services
July 6, 2018, 5:26 pm
COTABATO CITY – A Provincial Board member of North Cotabato filed a resolution on Thursday, which calls for a clarification on the system of releases of Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) license cards to professionals, as well as improve its services.Board Member Socrates Piñol said the… Read More
Peter Lim’s car shop bombed
July 6, 2018, 5:25 pm
CEBU CITY -- The business establishment owned by alleged drug lord Peter Lim in Mandaue City was bombed at 2:15 a.m. Thursday by unidentified men. Members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team and Special Weapons and Tactics of the Mandaue City Police Office rushed to Hilton Motors Corp. along… Read More
4 crime gang men die in Zambo Sur shootout
July 6, 2018, 5:24 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY--Four people, including two criminal gang leaders, were killed in a shootout with policemen in a law enforcement operation in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, a top police official said Friday.Chief Supt. Billy Beltran, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) director, identified the… Read More
