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Philippine economy grows by 7% for 2nd quarter of 2016
Philippine economy grows by 7% for 2nd quarter of 2016. Compared to the 5.9 percent economic growth for the second quarter of 2015, the gross domestic product or GDP for the second quarter of 2016...
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Pres. Duterte thanks King Salman for assistance to OFW’s in KSA
Pres. Rodrigo Duterte thanks King Salman for assistance to OFW’s in Saudi Arabia. DAMMAM, KSA — President Rodrigo Duterte expressed his gratitude to King Salman of Saudi Arabia for the assistance...
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Gov’t to study DSWD-welfare assistance and PNP-AFP salary increase
The House Committee on Appropriations will still have to further study the allocated budget for the salary increase of policemen and soldiers as well as the assistance program of the DSWD under the...
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Palace releases documentary highlighting Pres. Duterte’s #50FirstDays
“Mula sa Masa, Para sa Masa.” The documentary #50firstDays that reports the accomplishment of President Rodrigo Duterte in his first 50 days in office was aired today. Among his accomplishments were...
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Boy receives livelihood showcase from “Serbisyong Kasangbahay”
Boy receives livelihood showcase from “Serbisyong Kasangbahay” Serbisyong Kasangbahay extended its assistance, in cooperation with the Rotary Club, to a 5-year old boy of Caloocan City, who, instead...
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MRT-LRT common station site, resolved
MANILA, Philippines – After seven years, SM Prime Holdings and Ayala Corporation have finally agreed on a location for the common station of MRT and LRT. According to Department of Transportation...
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Supporters guard Albuera, Leyte Mayor Espinosa in municipal hall
Supporters guard Albuera, Leyte Mayor Espinosa in municipal hall TACLOBAN, Leyte — Supporters of Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. express their support for the mayor who is inside the municipal...
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Lawmakers support bill providing additional benefits to public school teachers
Lawmakers support bill providing additional benefits to public school teachers QUEZON CITY, Philippines — Some lawmakers have expressed support for the plan to amend some provisions of the Republic...
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Group of customs brokers stages protest in Manila
Group of customs brokers stages protest in Manila MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) met with importers and exporters this morning to orient them on the basic customs procedures, rules...
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Filipinos celebrate former pres. Manual Quezon’s contribution to the country
QUEZON CITY, Philippines — The ‘Buwan ng Wika’ is celebrated each year simultaneously with the commemoration of the birth and death anniversary of the late president Manuel Luis Quezon. Although...
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MMDA assures limited use of private roads and subdivision to ease traffic
Homeowners Association need not worry because the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) assures they will set limitations on the use of private roads in all subdivisions. MMDA said, the...
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DOST hybrid road train not applicable in Metro Manila
DOST hybrid road train not applicable in Metro Manila The new administration of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will no longer push the use of the hybrid road train in Metro Manila....
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Gov’t targets to repatriate about 2,000 stranded OFW’s from Saudi Arabia next...
Stranded overseas Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia. DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia — The government targets to send home to the Philippines next month the first batch of stranded overseas Filipino workers in...
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Philippine communist leaders vow to return home from Norway peace talks
FILE PHOTO: National Democratic Front of the Philippines’ peace consultants Seventeen captured communist guerrilla leaders in the Philippines, granted bail by the courts to attend peace talks next...
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Philippines’ Duterte rejects criticism over killings
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attends the 115th Police Service Anniversary at the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Quezon city, metro Manila, Philippines August 17, 2016....
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DFA defends Pres. Duterte’s statements vs. U.N.
Foreign affairs secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. “Maybe we’ll just have to decide to separate from the United Nations,” President Rodrigo Duterte said. A statement of disappointment. This was how the...
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PNP still investigates high number of ‘vigilante killings’
QUEZON CITY, Philippines — There are about 1.8 million drug users and over 600,000 of them have already surrendered to authorities, according to the Philippine National Police. 722 of the users died...
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Senate begins inquiry on extrajudicial killings
Senate begins inquiry on extrajudicial killings 26-year old Harah Cazuo was emotional when she faced the hearing earlier. She recalled the instances that led to the death of her partner JP Bertez as...
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DILG to file charges vs. two narco-generals
DILG to file charges vs. two narco-generals Two of the five former Philippine National Police officials named by President Rodrigo Duterte as allegedly involved in illegal drugs trade will soon face...
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SolGen seeks dismissal of anti-Marcos burial petitions
Former first lady Imelda Marcos kisses the glass coffin of her husband, late president Ferdinand Marcos, who remains unburied since his death in 1989, during her 85th birthday celebration in Ferdinand...
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