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May 18, 2024
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) 10 (Northern Mindanao) has cautioned commuters against paying the new fare if drivers fail to post the fare matrix as the agency implements the increased rate nationwide starting October 3. Aminoden Guro, LTFRB-10 director, said in an interview Saturday that the new minimum fare for the traditional jeepney for the first four kilometers is PHP12, with an add-on charge of PHP1.80 per succeeding kilometer. From PHP13, modernized public utility vehicles (PUVs) will now collect a minimum fare of PHP14 for the first four kilometers and PHP2.20 per succeeding kilometer.
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) still looked like the championship contender that it is despite the three-year absence after a 106-70 beatdown of Adamson in the return of the UAAP women’s basketball tournament on Saturday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. In the first UAAP women’s basketball game amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the Golden Tigresses quickly stepped on the gas, opening a 30-10 lead after the first quarter. The Lady Falcons somehow got their offense going in the second quarter and cut the lead to 14, 48-34, at halftime, but the Tigresses
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. paid his last respects to the five rescuers who died during the onslaught of Super Typhoon Karding as he visited their wake at the Bulacan Capitol Gym in the City of Malolos on Friday night. Abalos lauded the heroic deeds of the fallen rescuers of the Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) who all died trying to save lives. “The DILG is one with the Bulacan LGU (local government unit), headed by Bulacan Governor Daniel Fernando, and the entire nation in honoring
Eight units of the self-propelled 155-mm Autonomous Truck Mounted Howitzer System (ATMOS) 2000 arrived here Saturday to increase the military’s capability in the fight against terrorism in Central Mindanao. The military hardware were sent Friday afternoon from Makar Port in General Santos City. Maj. Gen. Roy Galido, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division (6ID) based here, said the eight truck-mounted howitzers will be distributed to various units of the Joint Task Force Central (JTFC) to support counter-terrorism operations. “This new capability will be utilized against the terrorist groups who are now on the run because of
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested 55 suspects in its latest anti-criminality operations on Friday and Saturday, including an actor and fugitives on the Most Wanted Persons (MWP) list. Of the 55 suspects, 11 were caught in separate buy-bust operations. Actor Dominic Roco, 33, and four others were nabbed in Barangay Holy Spirit at about 1:20 a.m. on Saturday, according to a QCPD news release on Saturday. The others were Reynaldo Sanchez, 45; Eugene Marvin Tolentino, 27; Renz Anthony Cruz, 33; and Dexie Diamante, 21. Confiscated from them were suspected shabu with an estimated street
In these troubled times when the world is facing man-made and natural catastrophes, a priest said man should “learn to humble himself by opening his heart to God’s forgiveness, and pray daily, especially the Rosary for the world to attain a genuine and lasting peace.” This was the urgent plea of Rev Fr. Kit Ramirez, SVD, in a phone interview with this writer Friday on the eve of the Holy Rosary Month – October. “Let the light of God enter our hearts,” he said. When asked about the chaotic situation in the world such as the Covid-19
