An official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) was wounded in a shooting on Wednesday morning in Koronadal City. Lt. Col. Joedy Lito Guisinga, Koronadal City police chief, said Engr. Normina Pahm, 55, was waiting for a ride to the regional office inside an apartment compound in Block 1, Mabini Street in Barangay Zone 4 when she was shot at around 7:20 a.m. He said Pahm, the assistant regional director for the administrative services division of DOST-12, sustained a gunshot wound on her right shoulder and was immediately rushed to the South Cotabato Provincial
An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday said the public should not be encouraged to accept money from those running for public office. “I disagree with the notion of taking the money and voting according to your conscience,” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said in a Twitter post. “Vote buying is an election offense, regardless of financial situation or noble intentions,” he added. Jimenez’s remarks came after Vice President Leni Robredo, who is among presidential bets in next year’s polls, said voters may accept money being offered to them but they should vote based on their conscience. “It
A petition seeking to compel government action to ban non-biodegradable and recycle plastics was filed before the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday. In a 101-page suit, the petitioners led by Oceana Philippines, Inc. and Sergio Osmeña III sought a writ of kalikasan and a writ of continuing mandamus for the full implementation of a 21-year-old law, Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. The groups urged the SC to hand down a writ to among other things, immediately prohibit commercial establishments, warehouses and manufacturers from selling, conveying, distributing and using disposable plastics, plastic products that
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) welcomed the latest results of a non-commissioned survey where it garnered the highest approval and trust ratings among government agencies. “In its 3rd Quarter Survey involving 1,500 respondents, the AFP maintained its 67 percent total approval rating and 49 percent high trust rating,” AFP spokesperson, Army Col. Ramon Zagala, said in a statement Tuesday night, referring to the results of the survey, conducted by independent pollster PUBLiCUS Asia, Inc. The survey, conducted from October 11 to 18, showed that the AFP topped the Institution Approval Scorecard with 66.73 percent, followed by the Technical
A PHP1.5 billion residential tower will soon rise in this city following a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday. The 33-story tower with 600 units to stand on a 2,539 square meters (sqm) in this city’s downtown area will be developed by the Visayas-Mindanao developer Cebu Landmaster Inc (CLI) in partnership with the International Builders Corporation (IBC) under the joint venture with GGTT Realty, according to a press release. The Terranza Residences project, which is already 75 percent sold, is expected to be completed in 2025 and will bring in projected revenues of PHP2.4 billion. It offers one-bedroom units from 24 sqm.
The country’s vaccine czar on Wednesday expressed confidence that the National Capital Region (NCR) will shift to the more relaxed Alert Level 2 due to the continuing downtrend in the reproduction rate of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). “Nakikita natin very likely ‘yun. Nakikita natin na bumababa na ang reproduction rate– NASA (zero) point 52 percent and then also yung positivity ay bumababa na rin (We see that it is very likely. We see that the reproduction rate is decreasing at point 2 percent and then also the positivity rate is going down),” Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr, also the chief
