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Meralco rates slighty up in December
['Aberon Voltaire Palaña']
2016-12-07 22:24:05+00:00
Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the country’s largest power distributor, announced on Wednesday that there will be a slight increase in the rate for a typical household this December of P0.1011 per kilowatthour after four straight months of reduction totalling P0.35, thereby bringing it to P8.36 per kWh.This translates ...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/meralco-rates-slighty-december-2/300541/
Estrada distributes wheelchairs to Manila senior citizens
['Raadee S. Sausa']
2018-03-25 19:43:33+00:00
Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada distributed wheelchairs to senior citizens in select areas in District 3 recently. Estrada said the distribution of wheelchairs is an extra treat for the senior citizens to go around anywhere. “There will be more wheelchairs to come in the succeeding weeks,” he added. Earlier, six Manileños ...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/estrada-distributes-wheelchairs-to-manila-senior-citizens/388472/
Gas up by 40 centavos per liter
['Aberon Voltaire Palaña']
2016-12-19 22:33:37+00:00
Consumers will experience another hike in pump prices, effective December 20, Tuesday morning.In separate advisories on Monday, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum, Phoenix Petroleum, PTT Philippines, Flying V, Unioil and Total said they will raise gasoline prices by 40 centavos per liter and diesel by 70 centavos per liter.Kero...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/gas-40-centavos-per-liter/302673/
De Lima in full support of Duterte on BBL passage
['Jefferson Antiporda']
2017-10-31 22:20:14+00:00
OPPOSITION Sen. Leila de Lima on Tuesday backed President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for Congress to immediately act on the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).“I am in full support of the President’s call for the immediate passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law [BBL],” said de Lima, a fierce critic of the President.In ...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/de-lima-full-support-duterte-bbl-passage/359862/
Military yet to confirm if ASG's Hapilon is dead
['Fernan Marasigan']
2017-04-04 20:11:37+00:00
Military yet to confirm if ASG’s Hapilon is deadhome/News/Nation/Military yet to confirm if ASG’s Hapilon is deadTHE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is verifying if Isnilon Hapilon, the leader of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), is already dead, as President Rodrigo Duterte wanted when he ordered the bombing...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/military-yet-confirm-asgs-hapilon-dead/320979/
Private domains ‘endanger’ OFWs’ data
['William Depasupil']
2017-12-13 23:55:14+00:00
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and an attached agency, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), are using privately-owned Internet domains to provide services to millions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), putting at risk the private data of workers and in violation of the government’s...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/private-domains-endanger-ofws-data/368439/
Ilocos S. mining ban sought
['Rudy Lagasca']
11/4/2017 0:00
A pro-environment group has expressed yesterday its full support to the proposed mining ban in this province.The Ilocos Network for the Environment (DEFEND Ilocos) said it has written a letter to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP or Provincial Board) to seek the passage of a pending resolution for a blanket ban on minin...
Manila Bulletin
https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/04/11/ilocos-s-mining-ban-sought/
Dead dogs transporter jailed
['Leander C. Domingo']
2018-08-19 00:01:48+00:00
SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela: A tricycle driver in Isabela province was jailed for transporting 22 slaughtered dogs in Santa Maria town. Jay-ar Mansibang Canceran, 24, of Barangay San Antonio, Santa Maria was intercepted in Barangay Naganacan with the dead animals on a “kulung-kulung” (modified tricycle) to be delivered to B...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/dead-dogs-transporter-jailed/432087/
House eyes amnesty on estate tax collections
['Philippines News Agency']
2017-01-21 23:45:49+00:00
The House of Representatives’ ways and means committee has passed a substitute bill that seeks to grant amnesty in the payment of estate taxes.Committee chairman, Rep. Dakila Carlo Cua of Quirino, spearheaded the passage of the unnumbered bill that substituted House Bill 1889 authored by Rep. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Ilo...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/house-eyes-amnesty-estate-tax-collections/308083/
Divorce bill won’t cater to whims of warring pair
['Llanesca T. Panti']
2018-02-24 00:02:59+00:00
The bill legalizing divorce in the country does not mean ending marriages based on whims of the couple, a veteran lawmaker said on Friday.Rep. Edcel Lagman of Albay, an author of the Divorce and Dissolution of Marriage bill, was responding to long-standing criticisms that the measure approved by the House Committee on ...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/divorce-bill-wont-cater-whims-warring-pair/382165/
Sotto deplores fake news on PH
['Bernadette E. Tamayo']
2017-07-02 00:28:58+00:00
SENATOR Vicente Sotto 3rd deplored the alleged “fake news” aired by a television network in Australia that reported martial law in the Philippines was aimed to cripple the opposition.Sotto is currently in Brisbane, Australia, to watch the boxing match today between Filipino boxing hero, Sen. Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Hor...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/sotto-deplores-fake-news-ph/336061/
Penology, fire bureaus now free of corruption – Interior secretary
['Nelson Badilla']
2017-02-26 21:34:36+00:00
Interior Secretary Ismael Sueno has assured that there is no more corruption in the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).Sueno over the weekend said he had directed officials of the BJMP and the BFP to end corruption right after he assumed the post of the secretary of th...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/penology-fire-bureaus-now-free-corruption-interior-secretary/314312/
PNP probes police behind killing of unarmed men
['Llanesca T. Panti']
2017-11-28 21:27:09+00:00
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is investigating the policemen caught shooting three unarmed men dead—an act filmed in at least four closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in Tondo, Manila.Palace spokesman Harry Roque was referring to the Reuters report which showed at least 11 policemen—some in police uniform w...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/pnp-probes-police-behind-killing-unarmed-men/365517/
BIR sues energy firm over forgery, 2 companies for over tax evasion
['The Manila Times']
2018-02-17 20:40:01+00:00
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed a case before the Department of Justice against Mirae Asia Energy Corp. and its corporate officers Christopher Walter Lim, president; Craig Oliver Marsh and Sung Woo Yang, directors for alleged use of falsified provisional BIR Importer’s Clearance Certificate (ICC) in violatio...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/bir-sues-energy-firm-forgery-2-companies-tax-evasion/380885/
Antibiotics face acid test
['Micah Yvana M. Vardeleon']
2016-11-16 01:10:21+00:00
Antibiotics face a test from the rise of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, according to World Health Organization (WHO) country representative Gundo Weiler.“The ability to fight infections with drugs is one of the most important achievement[s] that we often take for granted but today we are at risk of losing this achieve...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/antibiotics-face-acid-test/296808/
US destroyer arrives in Subic Bay
['Leander C. Domingo']
2017-04-11 22:27:44+00:00
A US guided-missile destroyer arrived on Tuesday in Subic Bay for a brief port call and some minor repairs.A destroyer is an armed escort warship.The Commander of Task Force (CTF) 70 Public Affairs said the brief port call of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG63) highlights the strong com...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/us-destroyer-arrives-subic-bay/322151/
PNP chief: Hard to know where police uniforms go
['Roy Narra']
2018-04-12 00:02:32+00:00
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ronald “Bato” de la Rosa said it is hard for them to control the distribution of police uniforms since it is business for other people.“It’s been a long problem for us. Since it [making of police uniforms] was highly commercialized, businessmen will be angry at us if we become str...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/pnp-chief-hard-to-know-where-police-uniforms-go/392000/
500 BI officers up for promotion
['The Manila Times']
2017-11-26 19:54:25+00:00
Promotion of more than 500 officers of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) will soon become a reality before mandatory retirement catches up with them.Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente disclosed over the weekend that the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) last April created nearly 900 new plantilla positions for...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/500-bi-officers-promotion/365194/
2M SSS pensioners can now withdraw additional benefit
['Mayvelin U. Caraballo']
2017-03-02 21:15:46+00:00
The state-run Social Security System (SSS) on Thursday said more than 2.04 million pensioners will be able to receive the additional P1,000 benefit today, Friday.In a statement, SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel Dooc announced that the pension fund has already released some P2 billion to its pensioners...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/2m-sss-pensioners-can-now-withdraw-additional-benefit-2/315073/
‘Merry Christmas’ greeting banned
['Benjie Vergara']
2017-11-07 23:19:17+00:00
Airport authorities have reiterated a previous memorandum banning employees from greeting air travelers “Merry Christmas.”Aside from airport employees, law enforcers such as Aviation Security Group personnel as well as Immigration and Customs personnel are covered by the ban.Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/merry-christmas-greeting-banned/361369/
Duterte wages war on online gambling
['Ralph Villanueva']
2018-10-26 01:05:56+00:00
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte again reiterated his desire to stop gambling, particularly illegal online gambling.In his speech during the conferment ceremony of the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan 2018, Philippine Heritage Award and National Artist Awards on Wednesday, Duterte said he wanted to stop online bingo.“The online b...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/duterte-wages-war-on-online-gambling/457334/
POEA blacklists Kuwaiti blogger
['The Manila Times']
2018-07-24 00:04:07+00:00
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration on Monday included in its blacklist Kuwait social media influencer and celebrity make-up artist Sondos al-Qattan for her derogatory remarks against Filipino workers.Susan Ople, head of the Blas F. Ople Policy Center, urged the POEA to ban the blogger with 2.3 million In...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/poea-blacklists-kuwaiti-blogger/422638/
House leadership row case assigned to Reyes
['Jomar Canlas']
2018-09-19 00:02:35+00:00
Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose Reyes, the newest magistrate of the high court, has been assigned to preside over the case of the minority leadership row in the House of Representatives between Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez and ABS party-list Rep. Eugene de Vera.De Vera, Ilocos Norte Rep. Rodolfo Fariñas and former Ho...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/house-leadership-row-case-assigned-to-reyes/442905/
Court upholds arrest of Navyman’s ‘killers’
['Jomar Canlas']
2016-10-23 21:22:36+00:00
The Court of Appeals (CA) has upheld an arrest order against eight of the 10 Philippine Navy personnel charged with the 1995 murder of Ensign Philip Pestaño, junking a motion for reconsideration filed by the accused for lack of merit.The ruling was penned by Associate Justice Nina Antonio-Valenzuela and concurred in by...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/court-upholds-arrest-navymans-killers/292753/
Ex-senator Bong Revilla takes selfie; PNP confiscates mobile phone
['Roy Narra']
2018-06-23 00:03:53+00:00
GUARDS at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center confiscated a mobile phone belonging to former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., in a surprise inspection Thursday evening.Senior Supt. Benigno Durana, PNP spokesman, told reporters the Headquarters Support Service (HSS), a unit that supervises the PNP Cus...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/ex-senator-bong-revilla-takes-selfie-pnp-confiscates-mobile-phone/411285/
Jimenez quits code panel over girl in bikini
['William Depasupil']
2018-10-16 00:05:58+00:00
COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) spokesman James Jimenez on Monday resigned as chairman of a technical committee tasked to review a software program for the 2019 elections after an inappropriate image appeared on his computer during a presentation over the weekend in one of the universities in Manila.“I regret but I h...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/jimenez-quits-code-panel-over-girl-in-bikini/452484/
‘No Duterte pressure to expel Trillanes from alumni group’
['Dempsey Reyes']
2018-04-05 00:02:48+00:00
There was no pressure from President Rodrigo Duterte and some of his allies on a fraternal organization of the Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association Inc. (PMAAAI) to sign a document calling for the expulsion of Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th, a signatory said on Wednesday.Maj. Gen. Noel Clement, commander of the P...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/no-duterte-pressure-to-expel-trillanes-from-alumni-group/390451/
EDSA: Duterte-Marcos ties don’t count
['Catherine S. Valente']
2017-02-21 20:51:57+00:00
Malacañang on Tuesday said the government is not toning down the commemoration of the EDSA “people power” revolt because of President Rodrigo Duterte’s close relations with the family of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.In a news conference, Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra defended the Duterte adm...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/edsa-duterte-marcos-ties-dont-count/313479/
1,300 passengers, 200 vehicles stranded in NSamar
['The Manila Times']
2017-12-14 20:11:31+00:00
Catarman, Northern Samar: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) based in Allen, Northern Samar, has reported that 1,292 passengers and a total of 204 vehicles (19 buses, 167 cargo trucks and 18 light cars) in three ports here were stranded as the entire Samar Island was placed under storm Signal No.1.The PCG prevented the v...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/1300-passengers-200-vehicles-stranded-nsamar/368661/
NFA chief urged to resign his post
['Llanesca T. Panti']
2018-04-11 00:06:36+00:00
The administrator of the National Food Authority should quit his job as soon as possible amid a shortage of affordable NFA rice in the country, House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez said on Tuesday.In making the suggestion to NFA Administrator Jason Aquino, Suarez cited an announcement made by the Grain Retailers Confede...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/nfa-chief-urged-to-resign-his-post/391729/
Port of Manila breaks collection record
['William Depasupil']
2018-09-24 00:03:57+00:00
~FOR the first time in almost a decade, the Bureau of Customs-Port of Manila (BoC-PoM) has registered five months of successive record-breaking revenue collection performances. Data from the BoC-Statistics Division showed that the PoM consistently reached its collection target for the past five months. Records also sho...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/port-of-manila-breaks-collection-record/444499/
Robredo: Federalism poses more danger than remedy
['Llanesca T. Panti']
2017-02-23 22:23:22+00:00
Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo is not in favor of the proposed shift to federal government, saying that it poses more danger than remedy to the country.Robredo on Thursday noted that the Duterte administration’s proposed shift to federalism has not been clear in its objectives.“If federalism is the answer, what is...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/robredo-federalism-poses-danger-remedy/313816/
Negros sugar refinery to have biomass plant
['Sid Abma']
25/09/2017 0:00
The country’s largest sugar refinery is expected to finish the construction of its 64-megawatt biomass plant this year.The Biomass Cogeneration Project of the Victorias Milling Company (VMC) in Victorias City, Negros Occidental will be finished this year. It is designed to produce power for the refinery and also export...
Manila Bulletin
https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/09/25/negros-sugar-refinery-to-have-biomass-plant/
Senate bids Angara farewell
['Bernadette E. Tamayo']
2018-05-17 00:16:39+00:00
Senators and former leaders paid tribute to the late Sen. Edgardo Angara on Wednesday for being a great visionary, an exemplary public servant and a trailblazer when it comes to legislating laws that will be benefit generations of Filipinos.Angara was at the Senate on Wednesday for the last time, his home for almost 20...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/senate-bids-angara-farewell/399229/
Pacquiao seeks probe of OFWs deaths
['Bernadette E. Tamayo']
2018-02-19 23:04:51+00:00
SEN. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao wants the Senate to investigate the deaths of at least eight overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Kuwait since 2016 as well as the government’s labor and foreign policies in relation to the deployment of migrant workers.He filed Resolution 626 on February 13 urging the Senate committees on...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/pacquiao-seeks-probe-ofws-deaths/381384/
NFA to flood market with imported rice
['Eireene Jairee Gomez']
2018-05-24 00:01:20+00:00
The National Food Authority (NFA) will flood the market with cheaper rice once the 250,000 metric tons (MT) of rice from Thailand and Vietnam arrives at the end of the month, the National Food Authority (NFA) said.NFA spokesman Rex Estoperez said rice prices would go down once the agency starts distributing the importe...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/nfa-to-flood-market-with-imported-rice/400671/
‘I don’t need a bill to be named after me’
['Mary Gleefer F. Jalea']
2017-11-22 22:50:30+00:00
A medical bill aiming to strengthen the emergency response in the country should have long been approved by the government, according to Charleanne “Charlie” Jandic, a post-graduate medical intern who helped a woman whose arm was severed in an accident last week at the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT 3) in Makati City.“Why d...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/dont-need-bill-named/364436/
Floirendo insists on his innocence
['Paul Parenas', 'Jackie Arboleda']
26/09/2017 0:00
Davao del Norte Second District Rep. Antonio “Tonyboy” Floirendo Jr. has maintained his innocence amid the indictment issued against him by the Office of the Ombudsman in connection with a complaint filed by friend-turned-foe, House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez.“I respect the processes of the courts and will abide by what...
Manila Bulletin
https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/09/26/floirendo-insists-on-his-innocence/
Driver arrested for killing 3 along Cavite road
['Jerremy Corpuz']
26/01/2017 0:00
An elderly couple in Barangay Panapaan IV and another sexagenarian pedestrian in Barangay Real II, both in this town, were killed when they were struck one after the other along Aguinaldo Highway by a speeding car driven by an accountant who allegedly came from a drinking binge last Wednesday.Police identified the fata...
Manila Bulletin
https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/01/26/driver-arrested-for-killing-3-along-cavite-road/
A point against poll postponement
['Isang Lahi', 'Jaime Nuevas']
18/08/2017 0:00
The first time we cancelled the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in October, 2016, it was largely because of “election fatigue.” The nation had just been through the presidential election of May, 2016, which elected President Duterte. It was felt that it would be best to postpone the Barangay and SK ele...
Manila Bulletin
https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/08/18/a-point-against-poll-postponement/
Felongco named NAPC head
['Catherine S. Valente']
2018-11-07 00:10:03+00:00
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has appointed the new heads of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) and Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP), Malacañang announced on Tuesday.Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said Duterte signed on October 31 the appointment papers of Noel Felongco as NAPC lead convenor and...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/felongco-named-napc-head/463351/
DOJ issues lookout bulletin against casino lord Okada
['Jomar Canlas']
2018-03-22 23:54:01+00:00
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday issued an Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order (ILBO) against Japanese casino lord Kazuo Okada who is facing criminal complaints before the Prosecutor’s Office in Parañaque and Makati. The order signed by Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre mandated Immigration Commissioner Jai...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/doj-issues-lookout-bulletin-against-casino-lord-okada/387908/
SJDM’s lantern parade beats Guinness record
['Cris Vacal']
11/9/2017 0:00
The Philippines has posted another Guinness World Record – Largest Lantern Parade – with at least 21,000 people bearing eco-friendly lanterns while marching through the streets of this city to celebrate the “2nd Tanglawan Festival” last weekend.The existing Guinness record for World’s Largest Lantern Parade was set in ...
Manila Bulletin
https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/09/11/sjdms-lantern-parade-beats-guinness-record/
Rice prices down – Piñol
['Eireene Jairee Gomez']
2018-10-29 00:04:05+00:00
Rice prices have dropped by as much as P10 per kilogram with the implementation of suggested retail prices (SRP), Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said on Sunday.“Imported premium rice which was sold for P65 to P70 per kilo a week ago is now sold at no more than P43 per kilo while fancy rice names like “Sinandomeng...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/rice-prices-down-pinol/458767/
Gas prices up by 10 centavos
['Aberon Voltaire Palaña']
2016-11-21 22:40:08+00:00
In separate advisories on Monday, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum, Phoenix Petroleum, PTT Philippines, Seaoil, Unioil and Flying V said they will raise gasoline prices by 10 centavos per liter effective November 22.There will be no price movement for diesel and kerosene, according to the advisories.Pilipinas Shell Petroleum,...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/gas-prices-10-centavos/297715/
PH still open to foreign aid without ‘conditionalities’
['Catherine S. Valente']
2017-10-25 21:31:12+00:00
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano appeared to have backpedalled on his position that the country would reject all kinds of aid and grants from the 28-member European Union (EU).Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Cayetano said the Philippines would still welcome foreign aid, including those from the EU.Pres...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/ph-still-open-foreign-aid-without-conditionalities/358633/
SPED students join 2017 Palarong Pambansa
['Neil Alcober']
2017-04-23 00:37:24+00:00
Some 900 Special Education (SPED) athletes are expected to troop to San Jose de Buenavista, Antique to compete in the different categories of special games in this year’s Palarong Pambansa and prove that no physical barriers can restrict them from going for the gold.The special games, which was first included during th...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/sped-students-join-2017-palarong-pambansa/323627/
La Loma celebrates lechon festival
['Jing Villamente']
2018-05-20 00:02:47+00:00
A gastronomic treat awaits foodies who will join the Lechon Festival in La Loma, Quezon City today.This year’s festivities will include a culinary competition where lechon is the main ingredient, a street dance competition, a lechon float parade, street boodle fight, Grand Procession of the Nuestra Senora de Salvacion,...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/la-loma-celebrates-lechon-festival/399851/
DoLE, top networking site address job-skill mismatch
['William Depasupil']
2017-05-26 21:10:06+00:00
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has tied up with LinkedIn, one of the top business and employment-oriented social networking sites worldwide, in addressing a mismatch between skills and the actual jobs available in the market.The mismatch is blamed as the prime driver of the country’s growing problem on u...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/dole-top-networking-site-address-job-skill-mismatch-2/329471/
Casino coverage under AMLA nears
['Jefferson Antiporda']
2017-05-25 22:01:20+00:00
A proposed measure that could spare the Philippines from being blacklisted by an international anti-money laundering task force moves a step closer to being enacted after the Senate approved it on second reading on Wednesday.Sponsored by Sen. Francis Escudero, Senate Bill (SB) 1468 seeks to put more teeth into the exis...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/casino-coverage-amla-nears/329197/
Parañaque to allot P40M for Baclaran flea market
['Nelson Badilla']
2017-04-21 22:30:25+00:00
Mayor Edwin Olivarez on Friday said the Parañaque City government is planning to set aside P40 million to build a flea market in a government-owned lot in Aseana compound to solve the illegal use of roads by Baclaran vendors.Olivarez made the disclosure after Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) General Man...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/paranaque-allot-p40m-baclaran-flea-market/323364/
Sara to succeed him? Duterte says it was a joke
['Catherine S. Valente']
2017-09-30 21:58:11+00:00
President Rodrigo Duterte said he was only kidding when he said his daughter, Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte, was the most eligible person to succeed him in 2022.In an interview aired over state-run PTV4 on Friday night, Duterte recalled proposing the idea as a joke during a dinner with Davao-based reporters on Se...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/sara-succeed-duterte-says-joke/353855/
Probe Jacinto, PACC urged
['Catherine S. Valente']
2018-11-07 00:03:34+00:00
THE Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) headed by Dante Jimenez has been asked to investigate presidential adviser Ramon “RJ” Jacinto over his proposal to limit the number of registered common tower companies in the country to only two.In its complaint-letter filed before the PACC, the Filipino League of Adv...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/probe-jacinto-pacc-urged/463348/
NPC seeks bigger role in media slays probe
['Angelica Ballesteros']
2016-10-15 22:02:45+00:00
The National Press Club (NPC) on Saturday urged the government to give the media a concrete role in the task force recently formed to investigate the killings of journalists.NPC Vice President Benny Antiporda made the call following the signing by President Rodrigo Duterte of an Administrative Order creating the task f...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/npc-seeks-bigger-role-media-slays-probe/291422/
‘Diversionary terror attacks to replicate Marawi siege’
['Dempsey Reyes']
2017-10-06 21:13:10+00:00
Reports of planned “diversionary attacks” by terrorists are being received by the military during its ongoing operations in Marawi City against the Islamic State (IS)-linked Maute Group, according to the newly-installed commanding general of the Philippine Army.In an interview with reporters on Thursday, Maj. Gen. Rola...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/diversionary-terror-attacks-replicate-marawi-siege/354906/
INC helps thousands in anti-poverty program
['The Manila Times']
2018-10-29 00:03:04+00:00
The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) held simultaneous anti-poverty programs in Manila and Quezon City on Sunday, months after conducting successful outreach and livelihood campaigns in North America and Africa.INC General Auditor Glicerio Santos Jr. said the outreach activity dubbed as “Lingap ng Mamayan” (Lingap) provided med...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/inc-helps-thousands-in-anti-poverty-program/458783/
Bello orders probe of foreign workers
['William Depasupil']
2018-09-29 00:04:11+00:00
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has expressed alarm over reports that there are 400,000 foreigners working in the country, when only 115,000 were issued alien employment permit (AEP) by the department.“DoLE is bothered by the report of increasing number of foreign workers in the country. Whether it is tru...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/bello-orders-probe-of-foreign-workers/446190/
Ombudsman to get retirement benefit system
['Ralph Villanueva']
2017-11-25 21:22:39+00:00
THE HOUSE of Representatives has approved on its third reading a bill last week establishing a retirement benefit system for the Office of the Ombudsman.A unanimous vote among 231 lawmakers approved the House Bill (HB) 6578, also known as “Establishing a Retirement System in the Office of the Ombudsman, Augmenting its ...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/ombudsman-get-retirement-benefit-system/364967/
MoU on construction of Makati subway signed
['Bernadette E. Tamayo']
2018-06-29 00:03:23+00:00
Hong Kong: The Philippines’ Aggregate Business Group and Hong Kong’s Kwan On Holdings, HPA International Limited on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a subway that will connect the Makati business district to Fort Bonifacio.Finance Undersecretary Grace Karen Singson, Assistant Secretary Paola...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/mou-on-construction-of-makati-subway-signed/413711/
Assistance for Filipina hurt in Barcelona
['Bernadette E. Tamayo']
2017-08-19 20:56:10+00:00
FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano has instructed the Philippine Embassy in Madrid to extend help to a Filipina who was seriously injured in Thursday’s terrorist attack in Barcelona, Spain.Cayetano also directed Chargè d’Affaires Emmanuel Fernandez to help locate the missing 7-year-old son of the 43-year-old...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/assistance-filipina-hurt-barcelona/345503/
Court orders promoter to pay Luisito Espinosa
['Jomar Canlas']
2017-02-19 19:51:10+00:00
THE Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed its own decision ordering the family of the late boxing promoter Rodolfo Nazario to pay former world featherweight champion Luisito Espinosa the remaining balance of his prize money.Nazario allegedly owed Espinosa, now based in the United States, at least P5.8 million plus interes...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/court-orders-promoter-pay-luisito-espinosa/313112/
PhilPost to issue NBI clearances
['Kenneth Hare Hernandez']
2017-04-03 20:03:10+00:00
The Philippine Postal Corp. (PhilPost) will now issue National Bureau of Investigation clearances through the NBI’s new satellite office at the Manila Central Post Office Building in Intramuros, Manila.In a Memorandum of Agreement, PhilPost and the NBI established a partnership for the Post Office Building to serve as ...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/philpost-issue-nbi-clearances/320777/
1,000 cops to secure Santo Niño feast
['Jaime Pilapil']
2017-01-14 21:00:20+00:00
The Manila Police District (MPD) has deployed almost a thousand policemen for the Santo Niño Feast on Sunday.Station 2 commander Supt. Arnold Thomas Ibay said they have conducted anti-criminality operations days before the religious event.“We’re supported by private volunteer groups and NGOs, and, of course, the concer...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/1000-cops-secure-santo-nino-feast-2/306916/
Tattoos, bank waivers must not derail drug probe
['Inq Reeks Of Censorship', 'Pls Torture', 'Kill Duterte', 'Philippine Englishes']
15/09/2017 0:00
which is how 600,000 grams of shabu made it through customs at a time when the national government is waging a war on drugs.Thousands of drug pushers and addicts have been killed in this war, many cases involving just a few grams of shabu. We fear that many more will suffer because of thousands of grams of shabu that m...
Manila Bulletin
https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/09/15/tattoos-bank-waivers-must-not-derail-drug-probe/
Japanese government honors Drilon, Virata
['The Manila Times']
2016-11-03 20:52:19+00:00
The Japanese government on Thursday announced the conferment of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun on Franklin Drilon, Senate president pro-tempore, and Cesar Virata, former prime minister.It said Drilon is being recognized for promoting friendly relations and developing economic cooperation between Japan ...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/japanese-government-honors-drilon-virata/294656/
Drone ban near airports sought
['Bernadette E. Tamayo']
2018-03-30 00:03:37+00:00
A law prohibiting the flying of drones over groups of people and near airports to ensure public safety is needed, according to Senate President Aquilino Pimentel 3rd.He recently filed Senate Bill (SB) 1723 regulating the use of drones by private persons whether used for hobby or commercial purposes.The prohibitions, ho...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/drone-ban-near-airports-sought/389325/
Solon wants more female officers in PNP
['Glee Jalea']
2018-11-05 00:04:22+00:00
A lawmaker said on Sunday there is a need to increase the percentage of female officers in the Philippine National Police (PNP) to give increased protection to women and minors.Rep. Johnny Pimentel of Surigao del Sur said the PNP’s annual recruitment, training and education quota for female officers should be increased...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/solon-wants-more-female-officers-in-pnp/462360/
Road rage suspect is a poker player
['Jing Villamente']
2017-02-28 22:32:31+00:00
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) on Tuesday said the road rage suspect who gunned down a motorcyclist on Quezon Avenue and D. Tuazon Road Saturday last week is a poker player who apparently works for an alleged gambling lord.In a news conference at Camp Karingal, QCPD Director and Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar id...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/road-rage-suspect-poker-player/314652/
‘2016 elections credible’
['William Depasupil']
2017-05-19 21:38:07+00:00
THE automated 2016 synchronized national and local elections, despite some shortcomings, were by far most credible and peaceful, far better than the past two automated polls held in 2010 and 2013, according to an independent international and strategic research organization.But political analyst Ramon Casiple, chairman...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/2016-elections-credible/328145/
Arroyo seeks creation of teachers’ hospital
['Llanesca T. Panti']
2016-10-31 20:42:08+00:00
Former President Gloria Arroyo, a deputy speaker at the House of Representatives, has filed a bill that seeks to establish a hospital for the country’s teachers and their dependents.House Bill 2967 proposes the creation of the Philippine Teachers Hospital and allots an initial budget of P300 million for the facility.“T...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/arroyo-seeks-creation-teachers-hospital/294053/
Drilon wants budget amendments scrutinized
['The Manila Times']
2017-11-19 21:45:04+00:00
SENATE Minority Leader Frank­lin M. Drilon on Sunday expressed confidence his colleagues would support his proposal to require every amendment to the proposed 2018 national budget to be presented and scrutinized in open session.“We should discuss every amendment to the budget in open session,” Drilon said in an intervi...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/drilon-wants-budget-amendments-scrutinized/363881/
Catanduanes journalist’s murder solved – task force
['Jaime Pilapil']
2017-05-01 18:21:48+00:00
The head of Task Force on Media Security on Monday said his office has a breakthrough in the killing of Catanduanes journalist Larry Que and anytime today he will make an announcement.“Finally, after months of investigation, we have solved the murder of Que and it is a big accomplishment, sending a message to those who...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/catanduanes-journalists-murder-solved-task-force-2/324962/
Labor dept to appeal court ruling on PLDT case
['William Depasupil']
2018-08-23 00:05:50+00:00
THE Department of Labor and Employment will ask the Court of Appeals (CA) to reconsider its order stopping the implementation of the department’s order to telco giant PLDT Inc. to regularize more than 7,000 workers and pay their corresponding monetary benefits amounting to P51.6 million.Director Benjo Benavidez, chief ...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/labor-dept-to-appeal-court-ruling-on-pldt-case/433486/
Bello to accusers: See you in court
['William Depasupil']
2018-07-26 00:01:55+00:00
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd vowed on Wednesday to sue his detractors even as he challenged his accusers to charge him in court.“I am now consulting with my lawyers on who to sue, but definitely I will sue,” Bello said.He said he wanted to put an end to the issue and seek justice for the vicious lies and malicio...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/bello-to-accusers-see-you-in-court/423255/
Go urges youth to get into sports
['The Manila Times']
2018-09-16 00:23:11+00:00
Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go encouraged the youth to participate in sports activities, saying it teaches valuable lessons that can lead them and the country to prosperity.“Sports instills discipline, builds character, and fosters camaraderie among individuals from different ba...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/go-urges-youth-to-get-into-sports/441968/
PCSO revenue up 32% at P16 billion
['Neil Alcober']
2017-06-10 00:22:56+00:00
THE Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Friday reported a revenue increase of 32 percent to P16 billion from January to April of this year compared to the same period last year.“From January to April, we generated more than P16 billion from our different game products, an increase of 32.29 percent compared ...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/pcso-revenue-32-p16-billion/331932/
PAL cancels, delays flights in September
['Benjie Vergara']
2018-08-28 00:04:51+00:00
Due to the temporary closure of the Cebu-Mactan International Airport’s runway to pave the way for repair and rehabilitation, Philippine Airlines (PAL) delayed or cancelled several flights from September 1 to 21, 2018.The five-hour daily runway closure is from 1:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m.“All other flights outside this windo...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/pal-cancelsdelays-flights-in-september/435293/
Contraband cigarettes seized in Visayas ports
['William Depasupil']
2017-03-08 21:55:19+00:00
THREE container vans of contraband Mighty cigarette brand were seized by Bureau of Customs (BoC) intelligence operatives in separate operations in the cities of Cebu and Tacloban in the Visayas region.Customs Intelligence and Investigatio Director Anthony Neil Estrella on Wednesday disclosed that the cigarette shipment...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/contraband-cigarettes-seized-visayas-ports/316184/
Continuity in advocacy
['Parasa Bayan', 'Maka Pili', 'Sam Nicolas', 'Myca Delos Santos', 'Michael Timbreza', 'Trisha Hipolito', 'Rey David', 'Lucas Temoteo', 'Kwak Kwak Kwak']
22/10/2017 0:00
inefficient government bureaucracy, inadequate supply of infrastructure, corruption, tax rates, tax regulations, policy stability and restrictive labor regulations.It is clear that while the 10-point Duterte agenda addresses some of these areas, it can only succeed if all of the areas are acted upon. We are fortunate t...
Manila Bulletin
https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/10/22/continuity-in-advocacy/
Powerful typhoon barrels toward Luzon
['Jove Moya']
2018-10-26 01:05:19+00:00
Typhoon “Yutu” maintained its strength as it neared the Philippine Area of Responsibility. It is expected to enter the country on Saturday, the weather bureau said.The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the typhoon was last spotted 2,380 kilometers east of Central ...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/powerful-typhoon-barrels-toward-luzon/457333/
DoTr marks 5 stations of P255-B rail project
['Catherine S. Valente']
2017-06-26 21:25:21+00:00
The Department of Transportation (DoTr) has marked five of the 17 stations of the P255-billion Manila-Clark Railway Project, which will connect Manila to Central Luzon, Malacañang announced on Monday.“Today, while the country is on a holiday [to observe Eid’l Fitr], the government—through the Department of Transportati...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/dotr-marks-5-stations-p255-b-rail-project/335041/
200 Boracay firms fined
['Eireene Jairee Gomez']
2018-10-30 00:25:55+00:00
The Pollution Adjudication Board of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) fined 219 business establishments in Boracay, collecting a total of P43 million for violation of environmental laws.The PAB slapped the erring establishments with fines ranging from P10,000 to millions of pesos depending on t...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/200-boracay-firms-fined/459448/
Court affirms Ombudsman ruling on Vitangcol case
['Jomar Canlas']
2017-08-29 21:18:48+00:00
THE Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed a ruling of the Office of the Ombudsman that found former Metro Rail Transit Authority (MRTA) General Manager Al Vitangcol 3rd guilty of administrative charges for a multimillion peso extort try.In a 23-page ruling penned by Associate Justice Pedro Corales and concurred in by Asso...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/court-affirms-ombudsman-ruling-vitangcol-case/347498/
Comelec may defer filing of COCs
['William Depasupil']
2018-09-12 00:05:24+00:00
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) may defer the filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) for the May 2019 mid-term elections in deference to the call of Congress to postpone it by a week, James Jimenez, the commission’s spokesman, said on Tuesday.Jimenez said the poll body is studying the proposal of lawmakers, co...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/comelec-may-defer-filing-of-cocs-2/440467/
Intl delegates ‘not allowed’ to visit De Lima
['Rj Carbonell']
2017-11-12 01:09:12+00:00
The Subommittee on Human Rights of the European Parliament (EP) was not permitted again on Saturday to visit Senator Leila de Lima in her cell at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center in Camp Crame, Quezon City.This was the third time that international visitors were barred from visiting De Lima. On Sep...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/intl-delegates-not-allowed-visit-de-lima/362240/
Implement free tuition policy – youth group
['Llanesca T. Panti']
2017-01-07 21:50:27+00:00
A party-list allied with President Rodrigo Duterte maintained that all students in state universities and colleges (SUCs) should be covered by the free tuition law as it opposed the planned conditional implementation of the free tuition policy.Rep. Sarah Elago of Kabataan party-list was reacting to President Rodrigo Du...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/implement-free-tuition-policy-youth-group/305704/
16 charged in uncovered Catanduanes’ ‘shabu lab’
['Alfredo N. Teocson']
6/7/2017 0:00
High-profile individuals were among the 16 people charged Wednesday in the “Amended Criminal Complaint” filed by the Police Regional Office (PRO5) before the Catanduanes Provincial Prosecution Office for alleged violation of Section 8 of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act), due to their alleged partic...
Manila Bulletin
https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/07/06/16-charged-in-uncovered-catanduanes-shabu-lab/
137,000 Filipinos receive PCSO medical assistance
['Neil Alcober']
2017-06-28 21:59:10+00:00
PHILIPPINE Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) General Manager Alexander Balutan on Wednesday said at least 137,768 indigent Filipinos nationwide have benefited from the agency’s medical assistance program in just half a year, spending P2.8 billion that the agency expects to increase in the months to come.“The increase o...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/137000-filipinos-receive-pcso-medical-assistance/335365/
DOLE removes labor sub-contracting
['William Depasupil']
2016-12-21 21:48:47+00:00
LABOR sub-contracting will be removed under the new guidelines of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on contractualization to protect workers from being victimized by fly-by-night contractors.DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd on Wednesday disclosed that the abolition of labor sub-contracting is one of the s...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/dole-removes-labor-sub-contracting-2/303053/
Trillanes files libel case vs Thinking Pinoy
['Bernadette E. Tamayo']
2017-11-22 22:44:06+00:00
SEN. Antonio Trillanes 4th on Wednesday filed cyber libel charges against pro-Duterte blogger Rey Joseph Nieto for calling him a “drug lord” in his Thinking Pinoy blog.In his seven-page complaint-affidavit filed before the Pasay City Prosecution Office, Trillanes said Nieto maligned him when he posted on his Facebook a...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/trillanes-files-libel-case-vs-thinking-pinoy/364433/
Oil companies raise diesel, kerosene prices
['Jordeene Sheex Lagare']
2017-11-27 21:34:16+00:00
A week after implementing a rollback in the prices of petroleum products, oil companies jacked up the pump prices of diesel and kerosene but retained the price of gasoline this week.Flying V left the price of gasoline unchanged, but hiked the prices of diesel and kerosene by 35 centavos per liter and 25 centavos per li...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/oil-companies-raise-diesel-kerosene-prices/365346/
Lawmaker: Meralco affiliate overcharging
['Llanesca T. Panti']
2018-04-26 02:04:44+00:00
An affiliate of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is overcharging its customers by jacking up its generations cost by P.90 centavos per kilowatt hour (kWh), a lawmaker said on Wednesday.Representative Carlos Zarate of Bayan Muna party-list was referring to Panay Energy Development Corp. (PEDC), whose pending power supp...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/lawmaker-meralco-affiliate-overcharging/395028/
NTA gives P210M aid to tobacco farmers
['Eireene Jairee Gomez']
2018-04-10 00:03:16+00:00
The National Tobacco Administration (NTA) has provided P210 million worth of assistance for the Ilocos region to help tobacco farmers reach this crop year’s targeted national production volume of 45 million kilograms of cured tobacco.With the government aid, the farmers are expected to produce about 6.5 million kilogra...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/nta-gives-p210m-aid-to-tobacco-farmers/391555/
Japan to help PH in war on drugs
['Mayvelin U. Caraballo']
2017-03-31 21:54:07+00:00
The Japanese government has expressed interest to help the Duterte administration in its war against illegal drugs, according to the Department of Finance (DoF).In a statement, the agency said Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd had received an update on the assistance extended by Japan to the Philippines’ campaign ...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/japan-help-ph-war-drugs/320303/
‘Maring’ leaves 13 dead
['Dempsey Reyes']
2017-09-13 21:25:19+00:00
Thirteen persons were reported dead in Metro Manila and Calabarzon by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) as of Wednesday as tropical storm Maring left the country.Romina Marasigan, NDRRMC spokesman, said in a news conference that the fatalities included two teenagers who died in a land...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/maring-leaves-13-dead/350480/
293 join PMA Class of 2021
['Yael Zamora', 'Artemio Tipon']
1/4/2017 0:00
The Philippine Military Academy (PMA) officially welcomed yesterday the 293 male and female plebes at the Borromeo Fields, as they were about to undergo the “rite of passage,” as the military tradition dictates.Brigadier General Gener Del Rosario said: “This day marks the end of your civilian lives and will be the star...
Manila Bulletin
https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/04/01/293-join-pma-class-of-2021/
Pagcor firmly against any form of gambling addiction
['The Manila Times']
2017-06-05 21:51:30+00:00
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) has reiterated its stand against any form of gambling addiction on the heels of recent findings by the Philippine National Police that Jessie Carlos — the lone gunman in the Resorts World incident on June 2 — was not a member of any terrorist group but someone wi...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/pagcor-firmly-form-gambling-addiction/331131/
A walk down memory lane
['Lita Juniosa-Pujeda']
27/03/2017 0:00
When she was 3 how she contested a 5-year old Fidel… in high school when she would interrupt his basketball game with friends to have them listen to her play the piano. A high watermark was when she broke away from President Ferdinand Marcos and a TV interviewer asked if she had consulted her brother, who was Deputy of...
Manila Bulletin
https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/03/27/a-walk-down-memory-lane/
City-run school’s pharmacy grads exam perfect
['The Manila Times']
2017-09-08 22:40:44+00:00
The city-run University of Makati (UMak) has achieved a 100-percent passing rate in the pharmacist licensure examination given by the Board of Pharmacy last August.In a report to Mayor Abby Binay, UMak president Tomas Lopez said all 10 pharmacy graduates under the UMak College of Allied Health Studies (COAHS) who took ...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/city-run-schools-pharmacy-grads-exam-perfect/349478/
Task force all set to rebuild Marawi
['Dempsey Reyes']
2017-07-31 23:43:28+00:00
A task force created by President Rodrigo Duterte to rehabilitate, reconstruct and rebuild the besieged Marawi City is now in its post-assessment phase with concerned agencies and local government units (LGUs) and already organizing the next step after the war, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday.Accordin...
Manila Times
https://www.manilatimes.net/task-force-all-set-to-rebuild-marawi/341721/