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PPCRV offers free voters' education seminar to communities
February 22, 2019, 2:45 pm
MANILA -- Less than three months away from the 2019 midterm elections, the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) on Friday offered communities interested with a free voters' education seminar. "If you want us to provide voter's education seminar, please invite us. As I've… Read More
Ranking PNP officer nabbed for alleged extortion in Cavite
February 22, 2019, 2:33 pm
MANILA -- A police senior officer was nabbed by operatives of the Philippine National Police Counter-Intelligence Task Force (CITF) for alleged extortion in Tanza, Cavite Friday morning. CITF agents and PNP Intelligence Group elements arrested Supt. Armandy Dimabuyo, chief of the 402nd Cavite… Read More
SC affirms Mindoro Occ mayor's malversation rap
February 22, 2019, 2:07 pm
MANILA---The Supreme Court (SC) has sustained the findings of probable cause for the crime of technical malversation against San Jose, Occidental Mindoro mayor Jose T. Villarosa and two other local officials for alleged irregularities in the use of the local government's share in tobacco excise… Read More
AFP backs sanctioning pols giving in to Reds' extortion
February 22, 2019, 2:04 pm
MANILA --- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) supports efforts to punish politicians and candidates found giving aid to communist terrorist groups who extort money and demand permit-to-campaign from them, an official said Friday. "The AFP will always support the efforts of the DILG… Read More
DOTr officials inspect tunnel boring equipment for metro subway
February 22, 2019, 2:04 pm
MANILA -- Officials of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) are in Japan to inspect equipment that will be used for the construction of the Mega Manila Subway System. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade and other officials of the department went to Osaka and inspected the tunnel boring… Read More
QC lauds PRRD for inking Expanded Maternity Leave law
February 22, 2019, 2:01 pm
MANILA -- In line with her advocacy to promote the rights of women and mothers, Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte on Friday thanked President Rodrigo R. Duterte for signing the 105-day Expanded Maternity Leave (EML) law. "This means that she will have more time to nurse her newborn child when… Read More
Election gun ban violators reaches 1,731 - PNP
February 22, 2019, 1:39 pm
MANILA – Nearly six weeks after the nationwide election gun ban took effect, over 1,700 violators have been apprehended in 180,990 police operations, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Thursday. PNP spokesman, Senior Supt. Bernard Banac, said 948 of the 1,731 violators were intercepted… Read More
Filipinos working long-term in Czech Republic grows 43%
February 22, 2019, 12:58 pm
MANILA -- The population of Filipinos with long-term work visas in the Czech Republic has increased by 43 percent since the introduction of the Philippine Regime for Migrant Workers project, the Philippine Embassy in Prague said. The initiative, introduced by the Czech government in 2018, seeks… Read More
ROTC reservists can help in disaster relief ops
February 22, 2019, 10:08 am
MANILA -- Military reservist units can play a major role in rescue and relief operations during disasters, an official of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said. If needed, the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) can be mobilized to augment regular military units conducting relief… Read More
Swindler using Panelo’s name arrested in Cebu
February 22, 2019, 8:42 am
MANILA -- Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Thursday a swindler who has been using his name on social media to trick people has been arrested in Cebu City. Panelo said a so-called Jose Villafuerte, also known as Eduardo Llanera, was arrested by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)… Read More
Banner stories of Manila's leading newspapers, Fri. Feb. 22, 2019
February 22, 2019, 7:33 am
BUSINESS MIRROR – ’18 fiscal deficit hits P558.26B INQUIRER – ‘A victory for women, families’ PHILIPPINE STAR – Youth body chairman: I won’t quit or apologize MANILA BULLETIN – US backs PH’s drug war DAILY TRIBUNE – 3M junkies passed down MANILA TIMES – Abu Sayyaf threatens… Read More
No Filipino affected in violent Haiti protests: DFA
February 21, 2019, 9:16 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday night said no Filipino has so far been affected by the violent protests in Haiti that have resulted to closure of public establishments in the country. In a bulletin sent by Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Elmer Cato, Ambassador to… Read More
Japan OKs P1.8-B addt'l assistance to PH
February 21, 2019, 9:14 pm
MANILA -- The Japanese and Philippine governments on Thursday signed exchanges of notes worth JPY3.56 billion (about PHP1.8 billion) composed of two grants for additional support in Mindanao and one grant for the provision of train simulators in the country. The signing ceremony was led by… Read More
Longer maternity leave won't discourage firms from hiring women
February 21, 2019, 8:44 pm
MANILA — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Thursday said employers will not be discouraged from hiring women with the signing of the Expanded Maternity Leave (EML) Law by President Rodrigo Duterte. Bello noted that companies should be encouraged to hire women because when employees are… Read More
PNP AKG lauded for rescuing Australian kidnap victim
February 21, 2019, 8:35 pm
MANILA -- Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief, Director General Oscar Albayalde on Thursday hailed the Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG) for rescuing an Australian national from his alleged kidnappers in Makati City. PNP Spokesman, Senior Supt. Bernard Banac said Albayalde congratulated the PNP AKG… Read More
Lapeña contests raps over shabu shipment before DOJ
February 21, 2019, 8:24 pm
MANILA-- Former customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña appeared before the Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors Thursday and filed his counter-affidavit to charges implicating him in the shipment of multi-billion pesos worth of illegal drugs smuggled into the country inside magnetic lifters.… Read More
PNR to use DOST-made train soon; more units eyed
February 21, 2019, 8:08 pm
MANILA -- Soon, passengers of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) would be able to use the hybrid electric train (HET) made by engineers of the Department of Science of Technology (DOST). In an interview with the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Thursday, DOST Secretary Fortunato dela Peña… Read More
DOJ chief backs PRRD line on gov't scholars
February 21, 2019, 7:52 pm
MANILA--Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Thursday sided with the President Rodrigo Duterte's recent pronouncement that students who overtly support terrorist organizations may be validly dropped from the rolls of scholarship. "The President's statements are legally correct. Mere affiliation… Read More
Comelec to tap firm to help remove illegal campaign ads
February 21, 2019, 7:06 pm
MANILA — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to tap a company to help in removing illegal billboards of candidates in the May 13 mid-term polls, an official said on Thursday. Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said they may ask aspirants to shoulder the cost of removing the campaign… Read More
New PNP rank classification removes confusion in calling cops
February 21, 2019, 7:04 pm
MANILA --- Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday said the new rank classification system in the Philippine National Police (PNP) would remove confusion on how to address police officers and increase interoperability with other law enforcement units. Lacson, the principal author of Senate Bill 2031,… Read More
