Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents arrested six alleged drug pushers including two Nigerian nationals who yielded P204,000 worth of suspected crystal meth (shabu) and other drugs in a buy-bust operation in Dau, Pampanga on Thursday night, June 17. Director-General Wilkins Villanueva...
DAVAO CITY - The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament approved on Thursday the Overseas Bangsamoro Workers Act of 2020. In a statement, Member of the Parliament and Labor Minister Romeo Sema, the principal author of the bill, said the passage of the Overseas Bangsamoro Workers Act of...
An alleged fixer who offered his illegal services to a top Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) official at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) headquarters in Quezon City was arrested on Tuesday. Anti-Red Tape Authority Director-General Jeremiah Belgica plasters a poster at the Land Transportation...
The San Juan City local government announced on Tuesday that it will conduct a series of seminar and training for its residents in a bid to boost their competency in food safety and production and provide them with livelihood and businesses opportunities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. San Juan City...
Opposition lawmakers on Tuesday, June 15 applauded the decision of International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to seek authorization to proceed with an investigation into the alleged the killing of thousands of suspected drug users and pushers in the “war on drugs” campaign of the...
ACT CIS Partylist Rep. Rowena Niña Taduran called on the Inter-agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) and the Department of Health to observe the practice of other countries in easing travel restrictions for returning Filipino who are fully vaccinated. Taduran said IATF and DOH...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday called on the government to provide for a full accounting of the P82.5-billion worth of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine procurement budget before it asks for additional funds. Drilon said it is necessary for the government to be more transparent about...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Last March, President Duterte enacted into law Republic Act 11534, more widely known as the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises or CREATE Act. Certified at the time as urgent by Malacañang, the law was touted as one of the government’s critical...
The mass registration of coconut farmers who will benefit from the forthcoming release of the P100-billion coco levy fund will be a continuous process. And the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) must issue a formal clarification on this matter to ease the anxiety among farmers who are not yet part...
Senators have pressed the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to extend its deadline and streamline the processes for the registration of coconut farmers. The Senate agriculture committee on Thursday, June 10, inquired on the status of the country's coconut farmers' registry. The creation of the...
How siblings Michelle and Yan Calupitan, a single mother with four kids and her younger sister, are teaching other women how to be their own boss Sisters Michelle and Yan Calupitan have always loved two things: massages and foreign travel. They always made it a point to visit the best spas in the...
Senator Grace Poe said the proposed amendment to the Public Service Act will address the rotational blackouts and the expected increase in electricity bills. Senator Grace Poe (Office of Sen. Grace Poe/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Poe, chairperson of the Senate Public Service Committee, raised...
