An American executive of a business process outsourcing (BPO) company in Cagayan de Oro City has been arrested by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) after he was found “illegally working” in the country. BI Commissioner Joel Anthony M. Viado identified him as Carl Niesen, 47 years old. Citing a...
President Marcos has ordered the creation of the Presidential Filipinnovation Awards, an initiative that will recognize outstanding Filipino innovators and enterprises contributing to the country’s development through innovation. The Presidential Filipinnovation Awards will be established through...
The massive corruption scandal involving “ghost” flood control projects has cast a shadow over what has otherwise been a period of substantial infrastructure progress in the Philippines, according to London-based think tank Capital Economics. In an Oct. 9 report, Capital Economics senior Asia...
House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy was quick to "kill" any chance that an impeachment complaint against President Marcos could have in the foreseeable future. Thus, said Dy in a DZMM Teleradyo interview Friday, Oct. 10 after he was asked about the reported impeachment complaint prepared by...
At least one person died in Davao Region (Region 11) after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake (previously reported M7.6) struck off the coast of Manay, Davao Oriental on Friday morning, Oct. 10, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) disclosed. The fatality was hit by a fallen debris when the quake occurred at...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) should "immediately obey" President Marcos ' order on the return of P60 billion to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). Thus, said Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez Friday, Oct. 10, after being among the first in...
On Jan. 1, 1950, I was in firecracker-tossing and torotot-blowing Manila. There were no hydrogen bombs or China-made firework spectaculars. I had just returned from my first trip to Baguio, was a week short of my 11th birthday, and had just begun my freshman year at Arellano High School. The school...
President Marcos said search, rescue, and relief operations will be deployed immediately after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental and nearby provinces. "Search, rescue, and relief operations are already being prepared and will be deployed as soon as it is safe to do so," Marcos said...
A major reshuffle in the transport sector’s leadership moved Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Vigor D. Mendoza II to the top post of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), replacing Teofilo Guadiz III, who will now head the Office of Transport Cooperatives (OTC)....
A measure seeking to modernize the century-old Civil Registry Act has been filed in the current 20th Congress. The proposed Philippine Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Act, embodied in House Bill (HB) No.5213, was filed by Tingog Party-list representatives led by Yedda Marie...
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Francis E. Lim expressed regret over his claim that the local stock market lost ₱1.7 trillion in market capitalization due to the corruption scandal, which turned out to be fictitious. “The information, which had been circulating within business...
Six Japanese fugitives, five of them alleged members of the notorious Japan-based “JP Dragon” gang, have been arrested by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in Bulacan and Quezon provinces. In a statement, the NBI identified those arrested as Yukio Monde, 53; Norichika Harada, 48; Nobuyuki Arima,...
