MANAOAG, Pangasinan: The Department of Tourism (DOT) has launched the Marian Pilgrimage Circuit featuring the different Marian Shrines of canonically crowned images of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the four provinces of the Ilocos Region. The Marian Pilgrimage Circuit includes the Minor Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Badoc, Ilocos Norte; St. Augustine Church in Bantay, Ilocos Sur; Basilica of Our Lady of Charity Agoo in Agoo, La Union; St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish Church in Luna, La Union; Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag in Manaoag, Pangasinan; Mary Help of Christians Theology Seminary
MANILA : With 225 votes, the House of Representatives on Monday approved on final reading a measure seeking to declare as “economic sabotage” the smuggling of tobacco products into the country. House Bill (HB) No. 3917, seeks to amend Sections 3 and 4 of Republic Act (RA) No. 10845, otherwise known as The Anti-agricultural Smuggling Act of 2016, and was principally authored by Senior Deputy Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st District Representative Sandro Marcos and Assistant Majority Leader and PBA Party-list Rep. Margarita Nograles. Under the measure, raw or finished tobacco products will be considered as an
MANILA : Operatives of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) confiscated over PHP39 million worth of illegal drugs as a result of “one-time, big-time”'(OTBT) operations from Dec. 3 to 9. The NCRPO covers five districts — the Manila Police District (MPD), Quezon City Police District (QCPD), Northern Police District (NPD), Southern Police District (SPD) and Eastern Police District (EPD). NCRPO chief Maj. Gen. Jonnel Estomo presented this accomplishment in a press briefing at its headquarters in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City on Monday to the members of the media, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
MANILA : The House of Representatives on Monday approved on final reading the proposed Internet Transactions Act, which is a priority legislation of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in his first State of the Nation Address. During Monday’s plenary session, a total of 245 lawmakers voted in favor of House Bill 4, which seeks to create an electronic commerce (e-commerce) bureau to protect consumers and merchants engaged in internet transactions. No lawmaker voted against the measure or abstained from voting. It was authored principally by Speaker Martin Romualdez, Senior Deputy Majority Leader Sandro Marcos and Tingog party-list Reps.
ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Zamboanga will destroy some PHP395 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in full public view on Tuesday in Barangay Baliwasan here. “These (cigarettes) will then be disposed of in the sanitary landfill in Barangay Salaan,” BOC-Zamboanga district collector Segundo Sigmundfreud Barte Jr. said in a statement Monday. He said the contraband were seized in anti-smuggling operations from May to November this year in the Zamboanga Peninsula and nearby island provinces of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Barte said the cigarettes consisting of
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique: All schools under the Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Antique are to strictly observe the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) health protocol as they hold their Christmas parties this week. Antique Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Adonis Mosquera, in an interview on Monday, said schools have to follow the guidelines set by the regional office of DepEd. “School heads are being empowered, based on their judgment, on how to implement the strict Covid-19 health protocol,” Mosquera said, referring to DepEd Order No. 52 and Memorandum 929 issued by the regional office. Mosquera
