Day: September 26, 2024

Manila: Land Transportation Office (LTO) Chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II, on Thursday warned his employees against colluding with ‘fixers’ or face administrative sanctions including losing their jobs. Mendoza made this remark after three LTO personnel, including a district office head, were placed under investigation for their alleged involvement in illegal transactions with fixers or persons outside LTO that offer faster transactions in exchange for a fee. ‘On the very first day of my assumption as LTO Chief, I made it clear that I will be running after all the fixers and their cohorts in our agency. We will not

Manila: The Philippines will return to the Tour of Langkawi, an eight-stage Hors category event on the Langkawi Island in Malaysia, after more than two decades. Seeing action are road cyclists Ronald Oranza, Marcelo Felipe, Jan Paul Morales, Junrey Navarra, Joshua Pascual, and Jude Gabriel Francisco. They will be accompanied by coaches Ronald Gorantes, Virgilio Espiritu and Mark John Lexer Galedo, team manager Ric Rodriguez, and Roderick Calla (mechanic). Philippine Olympic Committee and PhilCycling head Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino stressed the importance of the Tour de Langkawi as one of the most prestigious and difficult multi-stage International Cycling Union (UCI) races

Manila: A group of health advocates has called on President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to designate September as Alcohol Harms Awareness Month. In a media forum on Thursday, the Sin Tax Coalition said the government could mitigate the health, societal, and psychological harms of alcohol through additional awareness efforts and pieces of legislation. Sin Tax Coalition is composed of medical societies, youth groups, and civil society groups which aims to ensure the passage of high taxes on sin products such as tobacco for effective discouragement of the consumption of products that pose significant health risks. ‘We need stronger and sustained

Manila: Aice Philippines has rewarded gymnast Carlos Yulo and boxers Nesthy Petecio and Aira Villegas with cash incentives for winning medals at the Paris Olympics. Yulo received PHP2 million for his double-gold performance while Petecio and Villegas got PHP300,000 each for security bronze medals. Aice Philippines brand manager Shereene Yu De Leon handed over the mock checks representing the cash incentives to Yulo and Petecio during the “Saludo, Atletang Pilipino!” thanksgiving celebration for the Philippine Olympians at the Holiday Inn and Suites in Malvar, Batangas on Thursday. Before the awarding, the two Olympians were given a tour of the Aice

LUMBAN, Laguna – The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) expressed sadness about the latest debacle surrounding NorthPort guard John Amores. In a short statement on Thursday before the quarterfinal games at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila, commissioner Willie Marcial said the incident in which Amores fired gunshots at Lee Cacalda along the Manila East Road here was unfortunate, but the executive added that they will let the police do their duty first before making their action. ‘This is a matter subject to investigation by the police, and we cannot comment on it. But we are saddened by such an unfortunate