Grab PH to pay P10M fine, reimburse passengers for overcharging
Grab Phillippines (Upper picture) & National Taxi (Lower picture) QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has ordered ride-hailing company Grab...
View ArticleVP Robredo supports bid to suspend, revisit TRAIN Law
Vice President Leni Robredo MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo supports the bid of some lawmakers to suspend the imposition of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law....
View Article“Gardo” exits PAR, still enhances ‘habagat’
Satellite Image of Typhoon “Gardo” outside the Philippine area of responsibility (Image courtesy of DOST-PAGASA’ QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Typhoon “Gardo” has exited the Philippine area of...
View ArticleMMDA begins pre-SONA clearing operations
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has begun its clearing operations in major roads in Quezon City in...
View ArticlePolice recovers suspects’ getaway vehicle in Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan’s slay
An alleged getaway vehicle of the suspects in the killing of Trece Martires Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan CAVITE, Philippines – Cavite Police Director PSSupt. William Segun confirmed on Wednesday (July...
View ArticlePolice nab suspect in Gen. Tinio Mayor Ferdinand Bote’s slay
Mayor Ferdinand Bote (photo courtesy of Mabuhay Papaya-LGU FB account) QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Authorities arrested the primary suspect in the killing of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand...
View ArticleDOLE insists regularization of workers is not ‘conditional’
MANILA, Philippines – Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III met with leaders of contractual workers who were retrenched rather than regularized following the issuance of the Executive Order on...
View Article6,000 cops to man Duterte’s 3rd SONA
FILE PHOTO: Members of the Philippine National Police in formation QUEZON CITY, Philippines – A total of 6,000 policemen from the National Capital Region (NCR) will be deployed to ensure security and...
View ArticleSC junks petition vs. House panel over detention of ‘Ilocos 6’
MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) junked the petition of the so-called “Ilocos 6” and Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos against the House Committee on Government and Public Accountability...
View ArticlePostponing 2019 polls will help Congress finish federalism bill – Speaker...
House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez QUEZON CITY, Philippines – House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez believes that postponing the 2019 midterm elections will help the lawmakers to focus more on tackling the...
View ArticleRobredo asks PET to give Comelec 5 days to comment on vote shading threshold
FILE PHOTO: Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo MANILA, Philippines – The lawyers of Vice President Leni Robredo filed on Wednesday (July 11) another motion urging the Presidential Electoral...
View ArticleLTFRB to begin distribution of fuel vouchers on July 12
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will begin on Thursday (July 12) the distribution of fuel vouchers to jeepney operators in line with the...
View ArticleConCom proposes to include four ex-presidents in Federal Transition Committee
FILE PHOTO: THEN AND NOW. President Rodrigo R. Duterte (center) poses with former President and Manila Mayor Joseph E. Estrada (left), former President and Pampanga Representative Gloria...
View ArticleSome provisions of draft Federal Charter to hamper economic growth – Advocate
Constitutional Reform & Rectification for Economic Competitiveness & Transformation (CoRRECT) Movement Principal and Co-Founder, Orion Perez Dumdum guesting on Get It Straight with Daniel...
View ArticleTawi-Tawi Vice Mayor Al Rashid Mohammad Ali shot dead in Zamboanga City
Authorities conduct investigation at the crime scene where Sapa-Sapa Vice Mayor Al Rashid Mohammad Ali of Tawi-Tawi was gunned down by riding in tandem criminals on Wednesday afternoon, July 11, 2018...
View ArticleDuterte signs stronger Anti-Hazing Act
FILE IMAGE: Screenshot of CCTV Footage submitted as evidence for Servando Hazing (PNP) MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte signed on Wednesday (July 11) the Anti-Hazing Act of 2018 which...
View ArticleMinimum wage earners in Western Visayas get pay increase
ILOILO CITY, Philippines – Minimum wage earners in Western Visayas get additional pay starting Thursday (July 12) after the National Wages and Productivity Commission approved on June 8 the petition...
View ArticlePNP to open gun amnesty program to millions of owners of loose firearms
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Philippine National Police (PNP) is contemplating on opening a gun amnesty program to owners of loose firearms in the country. PNP Chief Director General Oscar...
View ArticleLTFRB defers distribution of fuel voucher cards to July 17
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has deferred its distribution of fuel voucher cards to drivers of public utility jeepneys (PUJ) supposedly...
View ArticlePNP identifies mastermind in Gen. Tinio Nueva Ecija Mayor Bote’s assassination
Mugshots of suspects in Gen. Tinio Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote slay (Image courtesy of PRO-5) QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Philippine National Police (PNP) already have information on the...
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