Day: July 16, 2024

CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – The Batangas police presented to the media on Tuesday a cache of firearms and ammunition belonging to a private armed group seized over the weekend in Barangay Bagbag, Tanauan City. Batangas Provincial Police Office (BPPO) Director Col. Jacinto Malinao Jr. said the operation on Sunday also led to the arrest of an alias “Jad.” The seized arsenal included five Glock pistols of various serial numbers, 10 pistols of assorted calibers, multiple magazines and ammunition, holsters and ammunition storage containers. Malinao said the Batangas police’s intensified efforts in curbing the proliferation of loose firearms need community collaboration.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Four provinces and four local government units in the Northern Mindanao Region have been included in the PHP1.055 billion allocation for the Green, Green, Green Program (GGGP). The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced on Tuesday that the covered areas are the provinces of Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental and Lanao del Norte. The LGUs included are Baloi in Lanao del Norte, Lugait and Claveria in Misamis Oriental, and this city. In a statement, DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said that the GGGP funding will be released to 80 LGUs nationwide, including 38 provinces, cities

DUMAGUETE CITY – Agriculture technicians are scrambling to curb a potential heavy fall armyworm infestation that threatens to wipe out corn fields in Negros Oriental, an official said Tuesday. Emmanuel Caduyac, Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO) chief, told the Philippine News Agency that as of July 16, some 1,683 hectares of corn fields were already destroyed by fall armyworms in at least eight municipalities. These are Manjuyod, Bindoy, La Libertad, Vallehermoso, Tayasan, Ayungon, Jimalalud and San Jose. Vallehermoso suffered the most damage with a total infestation, destroying 168 hectares planted with corn, the PAO official said. The other towns reported at

MANILA: The Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) will help boost the country’s economic growth by reducing poverty and creating more jobs. Maharlika Investment Corporation (MIC) president and chief executive officer Rafael Consing said the MIF aims to help support and sustain the country’s high economic growth, reduce poverty by creating jobs, and promote sustainable development. “‘Yung Maharlika Investment Fund, isa siyang sovereign wealth fund na kung saan binuo po siya ng gobyerno para makapag-invest siya (The Maharlika Investment Fund is a sovereign wealth fund formed by the government for investments),’ he said during the Pre-SONA (State of the Nation Address) Special

MANILA: The Philippine Business Group (PBG) and Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) have called on President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to prioritize 21 pending legislative measures that will push for economic reforms. Ahead of President Marcos’ State of the Nation Address (SONA), the PBG-JFC said these 21 bills are critical in driving economic growth, enhancing the country’s global competitiveness, and promoting inclusive development. “In July 2022, we wrote to share a list of 24 legislative measures that 12 of the undersigned groups agreed to prioritize and advocate for before the 19th Congress. We greatly appreciate that, of the 24 measures, three