President Rodrigo Duterte will provide protection for a judge who was allegedly red-tagged after freeing two activists and clearing them of charges.
This, after photos showed a tarpaulin at the corner of Shaw Boulevard and Edsa “thanking” Mandaluyong Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 209 Judge …
Read MoreMayor Sara Z. Duterte slammed the 1Sambayan, describing the group as authoritarian for claiming to be a coalition of democratic forces but chose to reject those who disagree with them.
“They sound authoritarian to me. If they want to be successful, they should have called …
Read MoreBohol Governor Arthur Yap and his provincial administrator are now facing a complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman for allegedly entering into anomalous transactions that wasted public funds amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis.
Yap and Provincial Administrator Kathyrin Fe Pioquinto were charged …
Read MorePresidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar on Wednesday cried foul over the “malicious” report by a global coalition on the human rights situation in the Philippines.
In a statement, Andanar expressed dismay that Investigate PH, an international coalition of civic groups, is claiming that …
Read MoreThe National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said Thursday it is confident it would identify the hackers behind a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on “gov.ph” sites.
NBI-Cybercrime Division chief Victor Lorenzo, speaking at a Laging Handa news briefing, said it is working closely with …
Read MoreA total of nine female nurses are among the 37 senior military officers who were promoted to higher ranks on Wednesday.
Navy Capt. Jonathan Zata, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs office chief, said all newly-promoted officers are regular and reserve senior officers …
Read MoreA ranking Department of Finance (DOF) official has vowed the government’s continued investments in social and economic services, and programs to bolster the domestic economy’s recovery from the pandemic.
In his speech during the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) annual scientific conference and …
Read MoreThe Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it received reports that some foreign nationals have attempted to enter the Philippines with fake entry exemption documents.
In an advisory dated March 10, the DFA warned that appropriate charges await those involved in such activities or any …
Read MoreChief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Wednesday expressed confidence that the “three-pronged strategy” crafted by the country’s economic team would generate more job opportunities in the country.
“Para mapabilis ‘yung ating pagbabalik sa dati nating malusog na ekonomiya at yung pagbabalik sa mga trabaho, …
Read MoreThe Department of Justice (DOJ) has entered into an agreement with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) to provide legal aid to parties who cannot avail of the services of the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO).
A copy of the Memorandum of Agreement signed by …
Read MoreThe Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Antique provincial office marked Women’s Month through the distribution of livelihood assistance to mostly women beneficiaries.
DOLE Antique Provincial Director Carmela Abellar said in a media interview Tuesday that 40 women received the Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment …
Read MoreAs the country marks the National Women’s Month, young women–including those who identify as transwomen–said that while the fight for gender equality has come a long way, the advocacy to debunk stereotypes and end all discrimination against women and girls must be sustained.
Even amid …
Read MoreA lawmaker at the House of Representatives on Thursday pushed for a measure that will help lessen teachers’ workload and will make continuing professional development (CPD) free and more learner-oriented.
During the hearing of the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on House Bill …
Read MoreThe Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) has donated 40 television sets to public schools in Sultan Kudarat province to help improve its environmental awareness campaign.
In a statement Thursday, Sultan Kudarat Governor Suharto Mangudadatu said he has instructed provincial education …
Read MoreILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Guimaras on Friday turned over to the Salvacion Cluster Farmers Association from the municipality of Nueva Valencia one unit of the combined harvester with a trailer worth PHP1.6 million.
In his message during the turnover held at the …
Read MoreDAVAO CITY-Police filed charges on Thursday against a 19-year-old Pakistani for illegal possession of a firearm.
Maj. Milgrace Driz, chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Davao Region (CIDG-11), said Zahir Farooq yielded a .45 caliber and ammunition when arrested on Monday in …
Read MoreThe Department of Agriculture (DA) on Monday said it prohibits the display or sale of frozen products in public markets without properly-equipped refrigeration facilities as it strives to improve the safe selling of meat, both frozen and fresh.
“The improper storage and thawing of frozen …
Read MoreStructural framework of agencies that are part of the fight against money laundering needs to be solid to maximize the benefits of continued amendments in the Philippines’ Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno said Thursday.
In a virtual briefing, …
Read MoreBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) acquirer-based automated teller machine (ATM) fee policy ensures competition among financial institutions for the benefit of the banking public, the Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP) said.
In a statement Wednesday, BAP backed the regulator’s policy on ATM fees imposed …
Read MoreThe number of registered voters here has increased by around 20,000 since the start of the registration last year for the May 2022 elections, an official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) here said.
Lawyer Jay Gerada, Comelec supervisor for South Cotabato and this city, …
Read MoreVillage leaders here launched Tuesday a campaign to call for Mayor Sara Z. Duterte’s entry into the 2022 presidential elections.
Dubbed “Run Sara Para sa Bayan 2022,” the campaign is similar to the 2016 grassroots movement that sought to draft President Rodrigo Duterte to run …
Read MoreInstituting additional technological innovations into the Bureau of Customs (BOC) processes will increase the agency’s capacity to help boost the economy’s recovery this year.
In his speech during the BOC’s 119th founding anniversary livestreamed over PTV on Tuesday, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said continued …
Read MoreDepartment of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said his office and the Department of Agriculture (DA) are now working out the suggested retail price (SRP) for imported pork in groceries and supermarkets.
In a Palace briefing Tuesday, Lopez said the SRP of imported …
Read MoreThe Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set the deadlines for the filing of petitions for registration and coalition of political parties.
In Comelec Resolution No. 10689 released on Tuesday, the poll body scheduled separate dates for political parties who are looking to participate in next …
Read MoreThe threat of terrorism taking a toll on lives and causing widespread damage to society is real and the government must do something to prevent it, a magistrate of the Supreme Court (SC) said on Tuesday.
“Let me make an analogy. Before a speeding car …
Read MoreThe arrests made by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on three individuals alleged top leaders of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in the Caraga Region are based on court-issued warrants.
The Police Regional Office in Caraga …
Read MoreIn a tropical country like the Philippines, it’s common to see people, mostly girls and women, keeping their hair up in ponytails. Malls, markets, and even sidewalk vendors have an abundance of hair ties in all styles and designs. There are plain ones, and there …
Read MoreReturning residents of Negros Occidental have been warned against submitting fake documents during arrival to avoid facing charges as the province continues to enforce strict protocols to contain the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II said on Thursday that the …
Read MoreThe Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) National Capital Region (NCR) will handle the case of the more than 2,000 employees of Philippine Airlines (PAL) to be affected by retrenchment.
In a statement on Thursday, the DOLE said its Metro Manila office will be the …
Read MoreThe Commission on Elections (Comelec) has updated the implementing rules and regulations on the party-list elections next year.
Under Comelec Resolution No. 10690 released on Thursday, party-list groups have been ordered to file before the poll body a complete list of at least five nominees …
Read MoreThe Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Bicol has completed 573 community projects worth around PHP129.3 million across the region under its Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) program.
DSWD-Bicol director Arnel Garcia on Wednesday said these projects …
Read MoreThe implementation of the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act or Republic Act (RA) 11229 is necessary to protect the children from any vehicular accident, Senator Christopher Lawrence Go said on Tuesday.
In a statement, Go said the public should cooperate once the government fully …
Read MoreNational Police Commission (Napolcom) vice chairman and executive officer Vitaliano Aguirre on Monday urged the personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to strive for excellence and integrity to build a better police organization.
Aguirre made his challenge in his speech during the 30th Police …
Read MoreThe Senate on Monday adopted a resolution expressing its concurrence to the ratification of a treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons (TPNW).
Introduced and sponsored by Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, proposed Senate Resolution 620 was unanimously adopted with 23 votes. The resolution was …
Read MorePolice arrested in Cotabato City three men reportedly belonging to prominent Moro families in Maguindanao in an anti-drugs buy-bust operation on Thursday afternoon.
In a statement, Director Juvenal Azurin of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM), identified the suspects …
Read MoreThe Bureau of Customs (BOC) has apprehended illegal items including Chinese cigarettes and medicines, amounting to PHP70 million in a warehouse in Parañaque City.
In a statement, the bureau said a team consisting of members of the Manila International Container Port’s Customs Intelligence and Investigation …
Read MoreThe Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has issued new rules and regulations on the application of anti-fouling paints and systems in ships to prevent the use of harmful substances.
In a statement on Tuesday, MARINA said these rules and regulations, issued through MARINA Memorandum Circular No. …
Read MoreAn alleged big-time drug pusher and two others were arrested while some PHP184,000 worth of illegal drugs seized in separate anti-drug operations here and in Zamboanga del Norte, a police official said Tuesday.
Capt. Edwin Duco, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) information officer, identified the alleged …
Read MoreOperatives of the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit-Western Visayas (RPDEU-6) have seized PHP123,500 worth of suspected shabu from two personalities in a buy-bust at Purok Kagaykay, Barangay 2 here on Monday night.
A report released by the Bacolod City Police Office on Tuesday identified one …
Read MoreFor his efforts to return the tons of trash to South Korea, environmental group EcoWaste Coalition conferred the “Environmental Justice Award” to Bureau of Customs Region 10 (BOC-10) district collector John Simon via an online ceremony Tuesday.
EcoWaste lauded Simon “for his exemplary leadership, unfaltering …
Read MoreThe judiciary will be able to fast-track the adjudication of several pending court cases with the support provided by Congress under the 2021 national budget for the appointment of judges-at-large, Senator Sonny Angara said Sunday.
Angara, who steered the early approval of the 2021 General …
Read MoreMore than 400,000 overseas Filipino workers affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic had been brought home by the government, the labor department reported on Saturday.
Latest figures from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration showed that 8,273 OFWs were transported to their respective provinces …
Read MorePresident Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday believed that the construction of more skyways would free Filipinos from the “horrendous” traffic situations in the country, particularly in Metro Manila.
Duterte, in a speech delivered during the inauguration of the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 (MMSS-3) Project in …
Read MoreIndonesian Military (TNI) Commander Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto on Sunday said a search team received a signal from a Sriwijaya airplane that crashed in Thousand Islands waters a day earlier.
The aircraft search process would focus on the coordinate point where the signal was found, he …
Read MoreFor security reasons, all motorcycle riders and back riders will be required to remove their helmets once inside the poblacion or town center of San Francisco town, Agusan del Sur, starting this Monday.
“Public safety is our priority. I ask the people to follow what …
Read MoreThe National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is hopeful it would be able to shed more light on the controversial death of flight attendant Christine Angelica Dacera even as her remains were “already contaminated” when it conducted a re-autopsy here on Saturday night.
Lawyer Ferdinand Lavin, …
Read MoreThe Philippine government is monitoring the safety of its citizens in the Washington D.C. area after supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol to protest the election results.
In a Palace press briefing on Thursday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque assured that the …
Read MoreThe city’s already cool and pleasant ambiance will get more delightful as a drone light show featuring different formations and a simultaneous fireworks display will usher in the new year.
“It can be seen in different locations in the city and will be shown live …
Read MoreWarring families in the borders of North Cotabato and Lanao del Sur were brought together on Friday to end their long-drawn “rido” (family feud).
Tears fell and excitement ran high after North Cotabato Governor Nancy Catamco, with the help of Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal …
Read MoreWhile most of us find ways to connect and celebrate this Christmas season, soldiers, who are among those on the frontline in the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, continue to provide services for Filipinos.
Apart from securing the country and protecting the …
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