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May 18, 2024
Civil servants in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are now allowed to go home from work at 3:30 p.m. from Monday to Friday. BARMM Chief Minister Ahod “Murad” Ebrahim on Monday also modified the working hours of officials and employees during the fasting month of Ramadan. Fasting from sunrise to dusk by able-bodied Muslims started on April 3 and will end on May 2. “Muslim officials and employees who shall observe fasting during the holy month are allowed to observe flexible working hours from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,” Ebrahim said in Memorandum Circular No. 0051. “After
Mobile telecommunications and broadband provider Globe Telecom Inc. (Globe) has stepped up its campaign against online child pornography and illegal gambling. In a statement Monday, Globe said a total of 11,320 uniform resource locators (URL) and 502 domains hosting pornographic contents as well as 194 domains of illegal gambling have been blocked so far since the start of 2022. “Globe has invested over USD2.7 million in content filtering systems that block websites and imagery that promote child pornography, illegal gambling, and online piracy,” the statement read. The campaign was launched in 2017 and called the #MakeITSafePh initiative. To date, it
State-owned Philippine Guarantee Corporation (PhilGuarantee) has reached nearly PHP3 billion in financing assistance to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) through its credit guarantee facilities, in line with its key assistance role during the pandemic period that started in 2020. PhilGuarantee president and chief executive officer Alberto Pascual said the agency’s credit guarantee portfolio for MSMEs registered a remarkable performance since the pilot implementation of the MSME Credit Guarantee Program (MCGP) in December 2020, with an initial portfolio of PHP207 million. As of March 10, 2022, he said the cumulative releases on the MCGP are currently at PHP2.950 billion, with
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos on Monday has ordered to expedite dismissal proceedings against the police officer who is facing criminal and administrative complaints due to his addiction to ‘e-sabong’ (online cockfighting). Carlos said summary dismissal proceedings are underway against Lt. John Kevin Menes, 24, assigned with the PNP Drug Enforcement Group – Special Operations Unit – 4 (DEG– SOU4) of the Police Regional Office 4A (Calabarzon), who is now facing charges of estafa and illegal gambling. “His activity inside a gambling establishment is in violation of a specific directive issued by the National Headquarters which constitutes
Anti-drug teams of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) arrested 70 suspects and seized PHP5.396 million worth of suspected shabu in various operations for the month of March. Data released on Monday showed a total of 793.53 grams of illegal drugs, priced at PHP6,800 per gram, were recovered during the said period. Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, police city director, commended the operating units for the “job well done” in continuing efforts to lessen criminality. “We will continue to give the Bacolodnons a safe and peaceful place to live,” he added. From March 1 to 31, the BCPO’s station drug enforcement teams
The city government has completed an PHP18.7-million project that replaced the traditional high-pressure sodium (HPS) bulbs in its streetlights with light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures to reduce electric consumption and provide better illumination. Aileen Refuerzo, Baguio’s chief information officer, said the project was completed last March 25 and was funded under the city’s supplemental budget. The project included the replacement of 7,485 streetlights with LED fixtures along major roads in the central business district. The project was completed earlier than the April 18 target. She said her office will have a comprehensive report on the actual savings realized by the city
