Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific (CEB) announced Friday afternoon the resumption of flights between Manila and Hong Kong after the latter lifted the ban on entry of passengers from several countries, including the Philippines. In an advisory, CEB said it has resumed operating flights 5J 272 and 5J 114 bound for Hong Kong from Manila beginning April 1. The carrier reminded passengers that only the following will be allowed to board the aircraft: Hong Kong residents; holders of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) passport or British National (Overseas) passport (with right of abode in Hong Kong); Hong Kong residents; individuals

Vegetable farmers and traders in the province are hopeful that the Senate-led anti-vegetable smuggling task force will address the illegal entry of agricultural products into the country, a problem hounding the farming sector, especially in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). During an interview on Friday, Augusta Balanoy of the Federation of Cooperative of Benguet Farmers and Traders in La Trinidad said, “Sa tingin namin magiging epektibo iyon dahil ire-revive lang namin iyong dating ginagawa namin noon which is a partnership ng government and private sector (We think this will be effective because we will just revive what we have been

At least 4,500 kilos or 12,500 pieces of milkfish would be grilled for the upcoming Bangus Festival 2022 slated from April 18 to 30 here after a two-year postponement due to the pandemic. In a press conference on Friday, Mayor Marc Brian Lim said this year’s festival will push through given the high vaccination rate here and low coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases. He said the city government has allotted 1,000 grills for the highlight event, Kalutan ed Dalan street party. As of Thursday, 800 grills were already reserved or sold. Each grill worth PHP3,500 comes with five kilos of

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will start dispatching election equipment and supplies on Saturday. “Loading of the trucks that will be delivering the AES (Automated Election System) equipment and supplies to the various locations nationwide. So we’re starting the loading now. We are expecting it to be completed by around midnight tonight (Friday). And then, we will dispatch the trucks,” said Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez in a press briefing. He noted that the event is open to political parties, stakeholders, and members of the media. “The Comelec, chairman (Saidamen) Pangarungan has invited everyone to witness the sealing of these trucks

The party-list system should not be abused as “gateways” by the rich and powerful to occupy seats in government, nor as “legal fronts” by communist rebels, a lawmaker on Friday said. In an interview, Ang Probinsyano Party-List Representative Alfred delos Santos said party-list groups should genuinely represent the interest of marginalized sectors, as intended under the 1987 Constitution. “The party-list system should not be used as a gateway of those aspiring seats in Congress, nor should it be used by people allegedly serving as legal fronts of communist rebels seeking to overthrow the government,” he said. He emphasized that party-list