National
PNP official, 10-vehicle convoy flagged for using EDSA busway
April 5, 2024, 5:08 pm
MANILA – Traffic enforcers on Friday issued citation tickets against an unnamed official of the Philippine National Police (PNP), as well as other government officials and ambulance drivers for the improper use of the Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) busway. During an operation, the Special… Read More
LTO fast-tracks issuance of OR/CRs, license plates for new vehicles
April 5, 2024, 4:49 pm
MANILA – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has released guidelines for the quick and efficient distribution of official receipts/certificates of registration (OR/CR), license plates, and radio frequency identification (RFID) of newly purchased vehicles to manufacturers, dealerships, and other… Read More
Año: AFP working overtime to eliminate remaining NPA fronts
April 5, 2024, 4:42 pm
MANILA – National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año on Friday said the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is working overtime to ensure that the remaining 11 weakened New People's Army (NPA) guerilla fronts are dismantled within the end of the year. This includes NPA remnants in other… Read More
Online voting to lure more overseas Pinoys to register for 2025 polls
April 5, 2024, 4:41 pm
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hopeful that the introduction of internet voting will encourage more Filipinos living and working abroad to register as voters in the 2025 midterm elections. "We really expect online voting to be the key in increasing the voter turnout abroad.… Read More
Free rides at LRT-2 on 'Araw ng Kagitingan'
April 5, 2024, 4:40 pm
MANILA – The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) will be offering free rides to all commuters at the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) during the Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) holiday on April 9. In an advisory on Friday, the LRTA—the operator and maintenance provider of the LRT-2—said… Read More
DA open for talks, appeals as frozen fish import suspension looms
April 5, 2024, 4:36 pm
MANILA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) said Friday it is open to discussions on the impending suspension of the importation of some frozen fish varieties. This came after some sectors raised concern over the issuance of Department Administrative Order (DAO) 14, series of 2024, suspending… Read More
DBM releases P49.807-B for social pension of indigent senior citizens
April 5, 2024, 4:08 pm
MANILA – The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released around PHP49.807 billion to fund the social pension of over four million indigent senior citizens nationwide. In a statement on Friday, the DBM said the fund, which was given to the Department of Social Welfare and Development… Read More
NegOcc church temporarily closed after desecration of religious images
April 5, 2024, 3:21 pm
MANILA – The San Isidro Labrador Parish Church in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental is temporarily closed after the destruction and desecration committed on several of its religious items. "The images of St. Joseph, San Isidro Labrador – the parish patron, Immaculate Conception, two angels, and… Read More
83K E. Visayas residents to get rice, cash aid from CARD program
April 5, 2024, 3:13 pm
MANILA – Over 2 million kilograms of rice and a total of PHP250 million in cash aid will be distributed to 83,000 beneficiaries in Eastern Visayas under the Cash Assistance and Rice Distribution (CARD) Program from April 5 to 7. For the CARD Program in Eastern Visayas, PHP3,000 will be given to… Read More
PH-Japan-US summit underscores need to resolve SCS issue via diplomacy
April 5, 2024, 2:45 pm
MANILA – The Philippines’ historic summit with the United States (US) and Japan will serve as an avenue to highlight the importance of diplomacy in addressing the South China Sea (SCS) issue, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday. DFA Acting Deputy Undersecretary for Bilateral… Read More
DMW reports 4th OFW injured in Taiwan quake
April 5, 2024, 2:21 pm
MANILA – The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed that a fourth overseas Filipino worker (OFW) was injured during the earthquake that struck Taiwan on Wednesday. DMW Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac made the announcement in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday.… Read More
Bulacan-based Australian national gets life for rape
April 5, 2024, 1:46 pm
MANILA – The Department of Justice on Friday said an Australian national was sentenced to reclusion perpetua by a Bulacan court for the crime rape. In a 24-page judgment, the Regional Trial Court Branch 78 of the City of Malolos found Ronald Ian Cole guilty beyond reasonable doubt and ordered… Read More
PBBM call for more SBDP funding highlights push to empower communities
April 5, 2024, 1:17 pm
MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s call for the allotment of more funds to the Support to the Barangay Development Program (SBDP) highlights his administration's commitment to empower every community, the country's anti-insurgency body said Friday. "By significantly increasing… Read More
DA chief denies ‘supply drop, price hike’ of canned mackerel
April 5, 2024, 12:19 pm
MANILA – Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said Thursday there is no reason for a supply drop and price increase in canned mackerel. This came following the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) issuance of Department Administrative Order (DAO) 14, series of 2024, suspending the… Read More
DILG, gov't fiscal bodies partner on sound financial mgmt in LGUs
April 5, 2024, 12:01 pm
MANILA – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has partnered with the government's fiscal oversight bodies on the adoption of sound public financial management measures to ensure improved performance and efficient delivery of basic services by local government units (LGUs).… Read More
BJMP readies mitigation as 600 PDL contract boils amid hot weather
April 5, 2024, 11:22 am
MANILA – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) is readying measures to prevent the further spread of summer diseases in jail facilities. This came after 600 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in jail facilities in the National Capital Region contracted boils or “pigsa” amid… Read More
2 bettors to split P89-M Super Lotto jackpot
April 5, 2024, 10:22 am
MANILA – Two bettors from Cavite and Zamboanga del Norte provinces will split the PHP89 million jackpot of Thursday night's Super Lotto 6/49 draw. In an advisory Friday, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said the winning combination 28-16-18-29-14-09 carried a total jackpot prize… Read More
DBM releases 4th milestone payment for Navy missile corvette project
April 5, 2024, 10:18 am
MANILA – The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released the fourth milestone payment, amounting to PHP6 billion, for the ongoing construction of two missile corvettes in South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI). This latest funding tranche, Special Allotment Release Order… Read More
PNP launches int’l marathon to commemorate death of SAF 44
April 5, 2024, 9:18 am
SUBIC, Olangapo City – About 500 members of the Special Action Force (SAF) will join the Subic International Marathon (SIM) in February 2025 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Mamasapano massacre of the SAF 44. At the launch of the program at Riviera Grand at the Subic Bay Metropolitan… Read More
LPA unlikely to enter PAR
April 5, 2024, 6:49 am
MANILA – A low-pressure area (LPA) was spotted 645 km. south-southeast of General Santos City, outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), a weather forecaster said Friday. "It will not enter the PAR and it is also unlikely to develop into a tropical cyclone," Benison Estareja of the… Read More
