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Manila: The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) announced on Monday that its operatives had apprehended 216,213 individuals in Metro Manila for violating local ordinances, resulting in PHP64.2 million in fines collected in February. According to Philippines News Agency, NCRPO chief Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin observed a consistent increase in the number of violators apprehended, penalized, and charged since December 2024. This trend has been attributed to the intensified enforcement of local ordinances across the region. The data revealed that last month’s violators exceeded the 192,063 offenders recorded in January and the 200,642 in December. Of the 216,213 violators in

Ilocos Norte: The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is aiming to complete the Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) project in Ilocos Norte by next year, with plans to subdivide the remaining 6,000 hectares of land. According to Philippines News Agency, engineer Vic Ines, Director III of DAR-Ilocos Norte, highlighted that the agency has been actively assisting individual beneficiaries in acquiring the necessary documents to subdivide their properties under Project SPLIT. “By next year, we hope to complete the SPLIT project with [the] remaining 6,000 hectares which need to be subdivided into individual titles,” Ines stated. Project

Pasay City: Services sector will keep the country’s export revenues afloat despite the challenging performance of outbound shipment of goods, a senior trade official said Monday. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Director Bianca Sykimte told reporters on the sidelines of an event in Pasay City that services exports in 2024 grew 7.5 percent to USD52 billion, the first time it breached the USD50-billion mark, from USD48 billion in 2023. According to Philippines News Agency, export revenues of goods, based on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) external accounts data, slipped by 0.4 percent to USD55 billion last year from

Pasig City: Jude Garcia of Criss Cross was named Player of the Week Monday for his performance in the Spikers’ Turf Open Conference. The league’s two-time Most Valuable Player delivered 12 points, including three blocks, in leading the King Crunchers to a 25-22, 25-18, 25-18 victory over the Savouge Spin Doctors in the opener of the round-robin semifinals last Sunday at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. According to Philippines News Agency, Criss Cross, which survived two five-set duels against Savouge in the elimination round games, banked on Garcia to beat last year’s Invitational Conference bronze medalist. “We really

Manila: After three consecutive weeks of rollbacks, oil firms in the Philippines will increase prices starting Tuesday. According to Philippines News Agency, major oil companies including Caltex, Cleanfuel, Petro Gazz, PTT, Seaoil, and Shell have announced an increase in gasoline prices by PHP1.10 per liter and diesel prices by 40 centavos per liter. Additionally, Caltex, Seaoil, and Shell will implement a 40-centavo increase on kerosene prices. Other oil firms are expected to follow suit in adjusting their prices. The Department of Energy (DOE) reported that with last week’s price adjustments, the year-to-date net increase has amounted to PHP2.15 per liter