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'Rosita' maintains strength; stormy weather in Northern Luzon

'Rosita' maintains strength; stormy weather in Northern Luzon

October 29, 2018, 8:14 pm

MANILA -- Typhoon "Rosita" maintains its strength and remains a threat over southern Isabela - northern Aurora, the weather bureau said. Stormy weather will prevail over areas under tropical cyclone warning Signals No. 3 and 2, and travel by land is risky over these areas, the Philippine… Read More

Domestic flights canceled due to 'Rosita'

Domestic flights canceled due to 'Rosita'

October 29, 2018, 8:11 pm

MANILA -- Local carriers have canceled several domestic flights scheduled for Monday and Tuesday due to Typhoon Rosita. Based on Manila International Airport Authority's (MIAA) records, the following flights were canceled on Monday: PAL Express (2P) 2198/2199 -- Manila-Laoag-ManilaCebu Pacific… Read More

Palace defends Duterte’s move to field military in BOC

Palace defends Duterte’s move to field military in BOC

October 29, 2018, 7:58 pm

MANILA -- Malacañang on Monday said President Rodrigo Duterte is authorized under the Constitution to ask the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to help the cleansing of graft-ridden Bureau Customs (BOC). “The Constitution provides that the President is the head of government, the head of… Read More

LTFRB grants special permits to 1,355 buses for ‘Undas’

LTFRB grants special permits to 1,355 buses for ‘Undas’

October 29, 2018, 7:47 pm

MANILA -- The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has granted special permits to 1,355 public utility buses nationwide from October 30 to November 5 to serve passengers during the All Saints' and All Souls’ Days. This, as the Board reminded passengers traveling to the… Read More

PSA partners with PCOO to promote national ID

PSA partners with PCOO to promote national ID

October 29, 2018, 7:14 pm

MANILA -- The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has partnered with the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) to promote the implementation of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) or national ID system. In a Palace press briefing on Monday, PSA Undersecretary Lisa Grace… Read More

Palace warns local execs as ‘Rosita’ threatens Luzon

Palace warns local execs as ‘Rosita’ threatens Luzon

October 29, 2018, 7:13 pm

MANILA -- Malacañang on Monday said local government officials particularly mayors can be charged with neglect of duty if they cannot be found when Typhoon Rosita makes a landfall in Northern Luzon on Tuesday. “They will be accountable for neglect of duty,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador… Read More

Nothing wrong with PRRD move placing BOC under ‘military control’

Nothing wrong with PRRD move placing BOC under ‘military control’

October 29, 2018, 6:06 pm

MANILA -- Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Monday said there is nothing improper in President Rodrigo Duterte's announcement to place the Bureau of Customs (BOC) under "military control". "Putting the Bureau of Customs under the watchful eye of the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) is a… Read More

‘Rosita’ grounds 1,500 passengers in various ports

‘Rosita’ grounds 1,500 passengers in various ports

October 29, 2018, 6:04 pm

MANILA -- More than a thousand passengers have been stranded in ports across Luzon and Visayas as Typhoon Rosita moves closer to the country, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported Monday. In its advisory, the PCG said a total of 1,501 passengers, 126 rolling cargoes, 24 vessels and four… Read More

Navy admiral's visit reaffirms strong US-PH alliance

Navy admiral's visit reaffirms strong US-PH alliance

October 29, 2018, 5:50 pm

MANILA -- The visit of US Chief-of-Naval Operations, Admiral John Richardson, to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City gave both the Philippines and the United States a chance to discuss the importance of the two nations' alliance in the… Read More

AFP ‘acknowledges’ PRRD order to support BOC

AFP ‘acknowledges’ PRRD order to support BOC

October 29, 2018, 5:49 pm

MANILA -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday announced that it has taken "cognizance" of President Rodrigo Duterte's order to support the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in the performances of its various tasks. "We are fully supportive of the BOC Commissioner Rey Guerrero. We will… Read More

Las Piñas alternate routes to cut travel time for holiday traffic

Las Piñas alternate routes to cut travel time for holiday traffic

October 29, 2018, 5:48 pm

MANILA --- Traffic in major thoroughfares in Las Piñas City and neighboring towns and cities is expected to ease in time for the Holiday season as the second phase of the Las Piñas and fourth phase of the Zapote River Drives road projects were opened to motorists. Senator Cynthia Villar and… Read More

‘Rosita’ nears Luzon, more areas under Signal No. 3

‘Rosita’ nears Luzon, more areas under Signal No. 3

October 29, 2018, 5:41 pm

MANILA – Areas in northern and central Luzon will experience moderate to heavy rains and fierce winds beginning Monday night as Typhoon Rosita (international name "Yutu") approaches the country’s landmass. In its 5 p.m. weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical… Read More

PH condoles with Indonesia over passenger plane crash

PH condoles with Indonesia over passenger plane crash

October 29, 2018, 5:13 pm

MANILA -- The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), on Monday offered its sympathies and prayers to Indonesia after a Lion Air 737 aircraft with 189 passengers and crew members on board crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Jakarta. In a statement,… Read More

Sandiganbayan junks ex-DA exec’s plea to dismiss graft rap

Sandiganbayan junks ex-DA exec’s plea to dismiss graft rap

October 29, 2018, 5:11 pm

MANILA -- The Sandiganbayan has dismissed for lack of merit the appeal to dismiss the graft case of a former executive of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in connection with the fertilizer fund scam in 2000. The anti-graft court's Seventh Division, in a minute resolution dated Oct. 25, 2018,… Read More

Solon enlists colleagues’ support to raise age of consent to 16

Solon enlists colleagues’ support to raise age of consent to 16

October 29, 2018, 4:59 pm

MANILA -- Senator Nancy Binay is convinced that the age of consent in the country should be raised to 16 years old from the present 12, following reports of alleged rape of a 15-year-old by a policeman. In July, Binay filed Senate Bill 1895 which aims to make 16 years old the minimum age to… Read More

Bus drivers in QC terminals undergo surprise drug test

Bus drivers in QC terminals undergo surprise drug test

October 29, 2018, 4:59 pm

MANILA -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) together with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Monday conducted a surprise drug test for drivers at bus terminals as part of efforts to secure passengers travelling… Read More

Ad billboards, tarps ordered removed due to 'Rosita'

Ad billboards, tarps ordered removed due to 'Rosita'

October 29, 2018, 4:45 pm

MANILA -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) ordered on Monday that outdoor advertisers should take down their billboards and tarpaulins as storm signal No. 1 has been raised in Metro Manila due to Typhoon Rosita. Tarpaulins and advertisement materials along major thoroughfares… Read More

DILG orders guvs, mayors to stay in posts for 'Rosita'

DILG orders guvs, mayors to stay in posts for 'Rosita'

October 29, 2018, 4:43 pm

MANILA -- With the expected landfall of Typhoon Rosita on Tuesday morning, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Officer-In-Charge Secretary Eduardo M. Año on Monday reminded all local chief executives of Regions 1 (Ilocos Region), 2 (Cagayan Valley), 3 (Central Luzon),… Read More

Garin no show at Dengvaxia hearing; gets more time to answer raps

Garin no show at Dengvaxia hearing; gets more time to answer raps

October 29, 2018, 4:41 pm

MANILA -- Government lawyers on Monday gave former Health Secretary Janette Garin more time to answer the criminal charges against her in connection with the multi-billion-peso Dengvaxia anti-dengue vaccine fiasco, after she failed to appear during the preliminary investigation by the Department… Read More

Lapeña bows out of BOC

Lapeña bows out of BOC

October 29, 2018, 4:35 pm

MANILA -- Outgoing Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Isidro Lapeña said he had accomplished much during his stint in the bureau for more than a year. “I have performed well, as compared to the data from the previous administrations and years. Although we don't want to compare but I just want… Read More