Category: General

TACLOBAN CITY: Mayor Alfred Romualdez, the President’s first cousin, on Tuesday filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for a fresh term as the city’s chief executive with the support of Vice Mayor Edwin Chua, who used to be his fierce critic. ‘It was a long journey, and we will continue that journey. I am very thankful for the people who gave me the opportunity to serve. There are many things I want to do in Tacloban,’ Romualdez told reporters. Accompanied by some members of the Chua clan, Romualdez filed his certificate of candidacy at the city election office here before

MANILA: The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), former operator of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), on Tuesday abolished 844 plantilla positions following the airport’s privatization. Most of these were the positions of those who joined the new management, the New NAIA Infrastructure Corp. (NNIC), which took over operations on Sept. 14. The MIAA, now a regulator, is still waiting for the Governance Commission for GOCCs’ (GCG) approval of the proposed organizational structure. Head executive assistant Chris Bendijo said the MIAA had requested 1,463 positions. Asked when they could expect GCG’s answer, Bendijo said they could not determine it. “We

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday announced a temporary ban on importing foot-and-mouth diseases (FMD)-susceptible animals, products, and by-products from the Republic of Trkiye following a reported FMD outbreak in cattle in Cugun, Merkez, Kirsehir on Sept. 9. DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. issued Memorandum Order 42 last October 4 imposing the temporary import ban to prevent the spread of the FMD virus in the country. “We’re imposing an import ban to mitigate the risk of FMD transmission to our local animal population,” he said in a statement. Under the order, the processing, evaluation, and issuance of

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) reported collecting PHP13.1 billion in taxes from January to August this year across its district offices in Northern Mindanao, marking a 12.3 percent increase compared to the same period in 2023. BIR Revenue Region 16 Assistant Director Helen Abellanosa, speaking during the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas forum Tuesday, attributed the growth mainly to voluntary tax compliance, particularly from commercial entities. “We will resort to enforcement activities if we see that voluntary compliance is not improving,” Abellanosa warned. BIR-Region 16 encompasses six Revenue District Offices — Iligan City, Cagayan de Oro City, Gingoog City, Malaybalay

Shellfish ban are up in 10 areas in Eastern Visayas this week, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Tuesday. In its advisory, the BFAR said the red tide was detected in the seawater samples collected in the coastal waters of Leyte, Leyte, and Calbayog City in Samar province, based on the latest sampling. Last week, the bureau said eight bodies of water in Samar, Eastern Samar, and Biliran province had been contaminated with red tide toxins, based on shellfish meat sampling. These included Biliran Island in Biliran province; Carigara Bay in Babatngon, San Miguel, Barugo, Carigara,