While she did not succeed in her 2022 presidential bid, that did not stop former vice president Leni Robredo from fulfilling one of her promises to two supporters who asked her to be their wedding godmother. Former vice president Leni Robredo (left) with kakampink couple Pinky (center) and GM...
Distributors and sellers of vaporized nicotine and non-nicotine products must comply with the requirements of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) following the seizure of tons of smuggled and untaxed vape products from five big time illicit vape...
Air travel recovery continues, according to the latest statistics of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) posted Monday, Jan. 9. “Traffic results in November reinforce that consumers are thoroughly enjoying the freedom to travel," said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General....
The latest employment figures show that the Marcos administration’s aggressive move to resume face-to-face activities has begun to bear fruit. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda gave this assessment Friday, Jan. 6...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Thursday, Jan. 5, announced that 1,515 out of 3,759 successfully passed the Radiologic Technologist Licensure Examination, and 49 out of 263 passed the X-Ray Technologist Licensure Exam given last December. (PRC / MANILA BULLETIN) The date and venue...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda would rather look a the bright side amid the Philippines' rather depressing 8.1 percent inflation rate for December 2022, which pushes the whole year average to 5.8 percent. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) “There is good reason to believe that...
The Metro Rail Transit-3 (DOTr MRT-3) served a total of 98,330,683 passengers in 2022, more than double than its 45,691,914 total ridership in 2021, and its 31,887,174 total in 2020. "The increase in ridership in 2022 came as the MRT-3 completed the massive rehabilitation of the rail line, which...
DAVAO CITY – The National Economic Development Authority said 8,175 workers were retrenched in the Davao region last year due to the pandemic. NEDA-Davao said the number of retrenched workers in 2022 was lower by 31.1 percent compared to the 11,871 in 2021. NEDA-Davao Director Maria Lourdes Lim...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has amended certain provisions of its Circular No. 2020-01, tightening the guidelines in the processing of personal data for loan-related transactions by lending firms and protecting references and guarantors used in loan applications. The new NPC Circular No....
Globe Telecom Inc. has more than doubled its 5G footprint, ending 2022 with 70 cities and towns covered, versus 29 in the preceding year, the telco announced Wednesday, December 4. Now, the telco's 5G network is available in almost all of the population in the National Capital Region (NCR), Davao...
ILOILO CITY – Fewer major criminal incidents in Western Visayas region were recorded in 2022. Data from Police Regional Office (PRO-6) showed that a total of 2,783 incidents of the eight focus crimes, namely, murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, robbery, theft, and stealing of vehicles were...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has identified what he likes to call the "most remarkable feat" of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. in 2022, which covered the first six months of the latter's tenure in Malacañang. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left) and...
