Vehicles with aid for Taal evacuees clog SLEX
Slow-going traffic has been a usual fixture along the South Luzon Expressway during weekends, but yesterday’s traffic jam had netizens applauding. Read More Vehicles with aid for Taal evacuees clog SLEX Photo Credit: Philippine Star Keep Reading
DOF to make sugar industry globally-competitive
WORLD-CLASS. Finance Assistant Secretary Antonio Joselito Lambino II (left) and Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of Senate committee on agriculture, during their visit to La Carlota City, Negros Occidental on Friday (Jan. 17, 2020). Lambino said the goal is to make the Philippine sugar industry globally-competitive.(PNA photo by Nanette L. Guadalquiver) LA CARLOTA CITY, Negros Occidental —… Keep Reading
Repatriated OFWs from Mideast to get cash, livelihood aid
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III. (File photo) MANILA — Qualified overseas Filipino workers repatriated from the Middle East will get cash and livelihood assistance, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Saturday. In a statement, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said aside from livelihood assistance, the repatriated OFWs from Iraq are expected to… Keep Reading
Group bats for 25% hazard pay for workers in Taal area
CALM BEFORE THE STORM? Smoke billows out of a seemingly quiet Taal Volcano on Friday (Jan. 17, 2020). Authorities continue to monitor the volcano, which remains under Alert Level 4, as a hazardous eruption is imminent within hours or days. (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon) MANILA — A labor group on Saturday said workers… Keep Reading
Bataan cops crackdown on colorum vehicles
ONE TIME, BIG TIME. Col. Villamor Tuliao, Bataan police director (third from left), briefs the teams to be deployed to the 11 towns and one city in the province during the launching of One Time Big Time Operation against colorum vehicles on Friday (Jan. 17, 2020). The move aims to lower the vehicular accidents in Bataan. (Photo… Keep Reading
Police cadet dies during training in Davao City
GONE TOO SOON. Patrolman Angelo Tito, 24, who died of sinus tachycardia secondary to severe dehydration on Friday (January 17) after the latter and four other police trainees fainted during a road run a day earlier. The four other trainees are in stable condition. (Photo grabbed from Jeal Angelo Montes Tito’s Facebook account) DAVAO CITY… Keep Reading
PRO-9 forms reactionary support force for Taal
ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) has activated a reactionary support force, which will be deployed in areas affected by the Taal volcano eruption as the need arises. Brig. Gen. Froilan Quidilla, PRO-9 director, said Saturday the move is in compliance with the directive of newly-named Philippine National Police chief Lt. Gen. Archie… Keep Reading
Tagle: Do not replace God, Sto. Nino with other ‘kings’
Published January 18, 2020, 10:49 PM By Betheena Kae Unite Offering his last mass before heading to Vatican City to take up his new post in the Holy Office, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle reminded the Catholic faithful not to replace God and Sto. Nino with other ‘kings.’ During the homily of his last… Keep Reading
PSA starts monthly palay, corn reporting system in Caraga
BUTUAN CITY – The Philippine Statistics Authority in Caraga Region (PSA) on Friday said it has started the monthly palay and corn situation reporting system (MPCSRS) for this year. PSA-13 regional director Rosalinda Apura said the MPCSRS will serve as a monitoring system of the growing conditions and actual plantings of palay and corn in… Keep Reading
PNP bats for 'zero major incident' during Aklan’s AtiFest
SAFE ATI-ATIHAN FEST. Aside from the personnel deployed on the field, policemen also monitor security people attending the Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo, Aklan via CCTV cameras. The policemen are working to achieve their goal to record zero major incident, Staff Sgt. Jane Vega, Philippine National Police Kalibo spokesperson for Ati-Atihan 2020, said on Saturday (Jan. 18,… Keep Reading
10 Iloilo towns secure solid waste management plan
APPROVED. Mitzi Peñaflorida, senior environmental management specialist of Iloilo Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) says on Saturday (Jan. 18, 2020) the 10-year solid waste management plans of 10 Iloilo towns were approved by the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC). The plan will serve as a bible for the municipalities to implement waste management… Keep Reading
No looming threat of Mt. Apo eruption: Phivolcs
MANILA — There are no imminent signs of unrest that might lead to the eruption of Mount Apo, the head of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Saturday. “Right now, as we speak, no abnormal activity has been observed. We didn’t see any different volcanic activity,” Phivolcs director Renato Solidum Jr.… Keep Reading
Army condemns NPA landmine attack in Surigao Norte
TIGHT SECURITY. Personnel of the Army’s 30th Infantry Battalion conduct security measures along a national highway in Claver town, Surigao del Norte after the communist New People’s Army staged a landmine attack near a civilian-populated area. A soldier who was hurt in the attack is already out of danger. (Photo grab from Facebook Page of… Keep Reading
Duterte condoles with family of late police general
PAYING RESPECTS. President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday night (Jan. 17) visits the wake of retired police general Francisco Villaroman at the Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes in Davao City. Villaroman, 62, passed away on Tuesday (Jan. 14) after battling colon cancer. (Presidential Photo by Arman Baylon) MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday extended his condolences to… Keep Reading
7 ex-rebels get financial aid in Isabela
SURRENDERERS. Seven former New People’s Army rebels -some seen here with Col. Gladiuz Calilan, 95th Infantry Battalion commander – were given financial assistance under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program. The ceremony was held at the Balai Na Isabela at the Provincial Capitol on Friday (Jan. 17, 2020). (Photo courtesy of 95th Infantry Battalion) CITY… Keep Reading