The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reminded on Monday, June 2, the local government units (LGUs) of the ban on the use of vaporized and non-nicotine products in indoor public areas and the sale to non-smokers and persons under 21 years of age. In a statement, the DILG noted...
Thirty-two “high-risk foreigners” have been barred from entering the Philippines since the implementation of the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) this year, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said. “Through APIS, we are able to flag high-risk individuals and stop them from entering the...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero clarified on Monday, June 2, that while the reading of the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte is set on June 11, it is still the decision of the Senate in plenary whether or not the Upper Chamber will formally convene as an...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. was urged to review the appointment of former Mayor Alex Centena of Calinog town in Iloilo province as Visayas commissioner of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). “We humbly and earnestly appeal to your good office to reconsider...
The decades-long wait for the rehabilitation of Metro Manila’s main thoroughfare will take even longer as the government prepares to overhaul its plans on the project after President Marcos ordered the construction to be cut to just six months. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH),...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa has urged President Marcos to declare a national public health emergency over Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), warning that the Philippines now records the highest increase in new HIV cases in the world. “Fifty-seven new cases a day. 500...
Ukraine will assign a defense attaché to the Philippines as part of efforts to develop bilateral defense cooperation. This was revealed during the bilateral meeting of Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defence Oleksandr Kozenko on...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Monday, June 2, expressed her full support for President Marcos ' decision to temporarily postpone the rehabilitation of the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA). Belmonte emphasized the importance of prioritizing the welfare and comfort of the public amid...
Newly-installed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III has committed to implement and institutionalize a three-minute police response in Metro Manila and other urban areas across the country as part of the new strategy to make the presence of policemen felt in the community....
Makabayan solons ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro and incoming Rep. Antonio Tinio castigated Senator Imee Marcos for unilaterally declaring that the impeachment bid against Vice President Sara Duterte had been "defeated". Castro took a swipe at both Marcos and Duterte, whom she claimed...
By PATRICK GARCIA and ALLYSA NIEVERA San Juan City Mayor and Metro Manila Council (MMC) President Francis Zamora and Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte lauded on Monday, June, 2, President Marcos ' decision to temporarily halt the scheduled rebuilding of EDSA to find a better way to implement the...
President Marcos ' decision to defer the EDSA rehabilitation in favor of developing modern, more efficient building techniques shows that he cares about the interest of Filipinos. Thus, said Parañaque 2nd district representative-elect Brian Raymund Yamsuan in a statement Monday morning, June...
