A political analyst on Thursday said if Congress would seek to revise the country’s party-list system, then members should look at its “totality and make it work for the marginalized sector.”
“Sana kung babaguhin yung sistema ng party-list system, tingnan na natin ang kabuuan kung …
Read MoreThe Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) provisional advances to the national government (NG) are temporary and are extended to help the government finance pandemic-related expenses.
“The provisional advances of the BSP to the national government are a time-bound measure to complement the NG’s broad-based health …
Read MoreA health expert on Thursday advised the public to consider the efficacy of a Covid-19 vaccine to prevent a severe disease and not just its ability to protect people from contracting Covid-19.
In an online media forum, UP-National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Director …
Read MorePhilippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Debold Sinas on Thursday has directed the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) to investigate how 24 wooden crates containing 90 discarded canisters of 2.75-inch aircraft rockets ended up in the waters of Claveria, Cagayan.
“We assure the local …
Read MoreThe city government said it has fully achieved its revenue target for 2020 even amid the coronavirus disease 19 (Covid-19) pandemic.
In a statement Thursday, the City Information Office quoted acting City Treasurer lawyer Lawrence Bantiding as saying that the city earned a total income …
Read MoreThe House of Representatives is set to hold its public hearing on the government’s coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccination plan on January 18.
House Committee on Health chair Angelina Tan said the virtual hearing will be conducted to ensure that the multibillion-peso budget allocated for inoculation …
Read MorePresident Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday welcomed the signing of a tripartite agreement among the national government, local government units (LGUs), and private companies to secure 17 million doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines from British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
In a recorded speech aired during …
Read MoreThe Police Regional Office in Central Luzon (PRO-3) has extended cash and food assistance to five former rebels who recently surrendered in this province.
During the regional command conference here on Wednesday, Col. Raul Siriban, provincial director of Aurora Police Provincial Office, presented the five …
Read MoreSales of local vehicle assemblers declined by 39.5 percent for the full year of 2020, the joint report of Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI) and Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA) showed.
Vehicle sales of CAMPI and TMA last year dropped to 223,793 …
Read MoreThe two massive floods that hit Negros Occidental on Jan. 1 and 8 left some PHP45 million in damage and losses to the province’s agriculture and fisheries sector.
Data from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) showed that during the first incident, some PHP16.5 …
Read MoreThe City Tourism Office (CTO) here recorded 93,344 tourist arrivals in the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) last year, 82-percent lower than the 522,907 tourist arrivals in 2019.
In an interview on Thursday, city tourism officer Miguel Sison said they are hoping for higher tourist …
Read MorePresident Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday expressed hope that his successor would be resolute in preventing corrupt practices at the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
In a speech during the inauguration of Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 Project, Duterte expressed hope that the next …
Read MoreThe Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) in Negros Occidental has lauded Christopher Fadriga, a cacao farmer and cocoa producer from Bago City, who is one of the Filipino representatives to the 2021 International Cocoa Awards (ICA) in Paris, France this coming October.
Provincial Agriculturist …
Read MoreThe Police Regional Office in Central Luzon (PRO-3) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) have strengthened their efforts to stop the proliferation of illegal drugs in Central Luzon.
PDEA Regional Director Christian Frivaldo and PRO-3 chief Brig. Gen. Valeriano de Leon signed on Thursday …
Read MoreThe country has secured another 17 million doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines from British-Swedish pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca.
The Philippine government, local government units (LGUs), private sector donors, and AstraZeneca signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Thursday to secure additional doses …
Read MoreVaccines manufactured by pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Sinovac are expected to arrive in the country by February 20, National Policy Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Wednesday night.
“Nakausap namin kahapon ang COVAX facility. May possibility po na …
Read MoreA total of 2,521 websites have so far been blocked by telecommunications service provider Globe in support of the government’s efforts to combat online child pornography.
In a statement on Thursday, Globe welcomed Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles’ warning against internet service providers (ISP) to put …
Read Moreustice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Thursday said public works projects in the provinces of Samar, Camarines Norte, Davao Oriental, and Cagayan are among the complaints being evaluated by the Task Force Against Corruption (TFAC).
In a message to newsmen, Guevarra said the TFAC will accept …
Read MoreThe Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) on Thursday has opened for applicants the position of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (SC).
In an advisory, the JBC said this came after the high court approved last Jan. 5 the optional retirement of Chief Justice …
Read MoreThe Department of Health (DOH) in Central Visayas has noted a rise in the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the region, attributed to the recently concluded holiday celebrations, an official said on Thursday.
Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, DOH-7 chief pathologist and Covid-19 …
Read MoreThe Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-10 (LTFRB-10) is pushing for the local governments in other regions in Mindanao to open their borders to allow the passage of buses plying inter-regional routes.
“The reopening of the bus routes in Mindanao would be beneficial to businesses …
Read MoreThe Department of Tourism (DOT) on Thursday slapped the City Garden Grand Hotel (CGGH) in Makati City with suspension, fines, and revocation of its certificate to operate following a probe into the death of flight attendant Christine Dacera inside its premises.
In a statement, the …
Read MoreAn economist forecasts another 25 basis points cut in Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) key rates either in February or March as part of the central bank’s bid to help in the economy’s recovery.
“As soon as the fourth-quarter GDP (gross domestic product) comes out, …
Read MoreGuiuan town in Eastern Samar province has extended its lockdown for another 14 days to control the movement of people amid the threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
Mayor Annaliza Gonzales Kwan signed Executive Order No. AGK 01-81, extending the border lockdown starting Wednesday midnight …
Read More-Police and military operatives arrested a suspected big-time drug personality and seized some PHP1.8 million worth of illegal drugs in a buy-bust here, a police official said Thursday.
Maj. Chester Natividad, newly-installed Zamboanga City Police Office’s Station 11 chief, identified the suspect as Nurbaser Sakandal, …
Read MorePresident Rodrigo Duterte denied Thursday that he wants to extend his term in office beyond 2022.
During the inauguration of the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 Project in Quezon City, Duterte assured the public that he would not extend his term as the country’s chief …
Read MoreThe office of Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) came to the aid of 674 boat captains and crew members from Guimaras who were displaced by the recent phase-out of wooden-hulled motorbancas.
On Thursday, 341 members of …
Read MoreFlag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) is diverting flights from the Arabian Peninsula from January 14 to 16 to Clark due to “quarantine testing capacity limitations” at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
In an advisory posted on its Facebook page, PAL said the affected flights …
Read MoreCoastal residents of Barangay Caparispisan in Pagudpud cheered as they watched a female green sea turtle crawled its way to the sea on Thursday morning.
Henelyn Alterado, president of the Lifeguard Association in the Ilocos Norte town, told the Philippine News Agency in a phone …
Read MoreSen. Richard Gordon led Wednesday the opening of the province’s first molecular testing laboratory (MTL) for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), seen to boost testing and tracing capabilities of Surigao del Norte and neighboring areas.
“This is the 12th molecular testing laboratory run by the Philippine …
Read MoreAmid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic that hit the country and other parts of the world since the first quarter of 2020, the various offices under the Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation Service (UPRIIS) which manage irrigation supplies for more than 142,000 hectares of …
Read MoreThe National Capital Region Police (NCRPO) on Thursday denied claims made by friends of the late flight attendant Christine Dacera that they were coerced and beaten by Makati police officers into making false statements regarding the purported presence of illegal drugs during their private party …
Read MoreA mining firm operating in MacArthur, Leyte has committed to set aside funds for the procurement of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines.
In a statement Thursday, the MacArthur Iron Sand Project Corp. (MIPC) said the management just approved the proposal to include vaccination as …
Read MoreMalacañang on Thursday raised the possibility that President Rodrigo Duterte may still be the first person to be inoculated with China’s Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine to boost people’s confidence in the preventive medication.
In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte has repeatedly expressed …
Read MoreMalacañang on Thursday raised the possibility that the government might tighten the implementation of nationwide community quarantine following the detection of the first case of B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 variant, also known as the United Kingdom (UK) variant, in the Philippines.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said stricter …
Read MoreFive organizations with programs that aim to address plastic pollution in Philippine waters were awarded grants worth USD890,000 or nearly PHP42 million by the United States government through the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID).
During the program’s virtual launch on Thursday, the USAID awarded …
Read MoreThe Philippine Red Cross (PRC) molecular laboratory can boost the testing capacity not just for Iloilo Province but the whole of Panay Island.
PRC’s molecular laboratory in Passi City was inaugurated on Wednesday. It can process 1,000 specimens a day with results available in 24 …
Read MoreThe Antique provincial board has requested the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to conduct a research on shells and mollusk in the rivers and sea coastlines of the province.
Antique board member Victor R. Condez during their regular session held at the Binirayan …
Read MoreCoach Yeng Guiao admitted on Thursday that at the moment, the chance that NLEX will acquire Vic Manuel from Alaska through a trade is small.
“Baka ‘yung gusto nila sa amin ‘di naman namin kayang ibigay, di wala ring mangyayari (Maybe we cannot give to …
Read MoreThe Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH CHD 6) reported that as of Thursday noon, 24 of its employees were already confirmed positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
Of the 24 cases, eight are in the hospitals while the rest …
Read MoreThe immediate detection of the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the country is the result of a robust genomic biosurveillance system to identify genetic variations of the coronavirus, health experts said Thursday.
In a media briefing, Dr. Anna Ong-Lim, an expert-member of the Department of …
Read MoreLt. Col. Louise Benjie Tremor is the new chief of police here, replacing Lt. Col. Luis Ventura Jr., who is now assigned as commanding officer of the 2nd Provincial Mobile Group (PMG) based in Tayug, Pangasinan.
Tremor was the chief of the Kamuning Police Station …
Read MoreThe Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH CHD6) targets to cover 770,279 children zero to 59 months old for measles, rubella, and oral polio vaccine supplemental immunization activity (MR OPV SIA) this coming February.
The regional health office, in a press …
Read MoreThe municipality of Naval, Biliran has set aside PHP20-million fund to buy coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines.
The amount will augment the budget of the national government and the provincial government, Mayor Gerard Roger Espina said in a post on his Facebook account on Thursday.…
Read MoreMalacañang on Thursday raised the possibility that the government might tighten the implementation of nationwide community quarantine following the detection of the first case of B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 variant, also known as the United Kingdom (UK) variant, in the Philippines.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said stricter …
Read MoreNational Task Force Against Covid-19 (NTF) chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. on Thursday said the government, alongside local government units (LGUs) and the private sector, are working together to ramp up efforts in vaccine procurement.
“We are doing everything with integrity …
Read MoreTuguegarao Archbishop Ricardo Baccay on Thursday received his sacred pallium, which marks the completion of his installation as the head of the archdiocese.
In a report published on the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) news website, it said Baccay received the pallium exactly …
Read MorePresident Rodrigo Duterte denied Thursday that he wants to extend his term in office beyond 2022.
During the inauguration of the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 Project in Quezon City, Duterte assured the public that he would not extend his term as the country’s chief …
Read MoreA total of eight national roads remain closed due to heavy rains brought by the northeast monsoon and the easterlies in several areas in the country, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported on Thursday.
These roads are in the Cordillera, Bicol, Eastern …
Read MoreFour were killed while another was wounded in an ambush on Thursday in Poona Piagapo, Lanao del Norte, police said.
Police identified the victims as Corporals Albert Saura and Bryan Binayog, Private First Class Albert Soriano– all members of the Army’s 4th Mechanized Infantry Battalion—and …
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