More firecrackers were seized while 60 persons were penalized for using open pipe mufflers in Muntinlupa on New Year’s Eve. According to the Muntinlupa City government, as of 5 p.m. on Dec. 31, nearly 4,000 pieces of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices including 52 improvised “boga” were...
Authorities have arrested 37 people for violating ordinances banning the sale of firecrackers and use of open pipe mufflers on Dec. 30 and 31. Personnel from the Muntinlupa police conducted an entrapment operation in Purok 1, Barangay Bayanan that resulted in the arrest of three vendors for selling...
Muntinlupa police have confiscated more than 1,500 pieces of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices amid a ban in the city. Muntinlupa City Ordinance No. 14-092 prohibits “the manufacture, display, sale, distribution, possession or use of firecrackers or pyrotechnic devices and such other similar...
The Muntinlupa City government urged city residents to celebrate the New Year safely by observing the guidelines issued by the local government. Mayor Ruffy Biazon reminded the public that the use of firecrackers and open mufflers for motorcycles is banned in Muntinlupa. Operation against open...
The local government units of Caloocan and Navotas Cities reminded on Monday, Dec. 26, the residents of the prohibition and regulation on the usage of firecrackers and fireworks for a safe celebration of the New Year. “Para po manatiling ligtas ang pagsalubong ng Bagong Taon, bawal po ang...
The Muntinlupa City government and the chief of the Muntinlupa City Fire Station reminded the public of the ban on the use of firecrackers and open mufflers that emit very loud noise this Christmas season. “Reminder: Firecrackers and open mufflers are prohibited in the City of Muntinlupa. There...
Despite welcoming the temporary ban of some imported fish, a fisher group is urging the government to make it a permanent prohibition to help struggling fisherfolk in the country. A fisherman in Cavite (Manila Bulletin File Photo) According to thePambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division granted the petition to disqualify Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba for violating Sec. 261 (v) (2) of the Omnibus Election Code (OEC) and Resolution No. 10747. MB file photo In the resolution released on Thursday, Dec. 15, the Second Division...
BACOLOD CITY - The local government here and Negros Occidental jointly imposed a total ban on all live domestic and wild birds, and their products, including eggs and manure from areas with reported cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) or bird flu. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’...
For page 1 Senators on Monday chided officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) over its late action against the illegal diversion of pink salmon and pompano to wet markets. Senator Raffy Tulfo, who first questioned BFAR's sudden strict implementation of the Fisheries...
Beleaguered former Jose Rizal University (JRU) basketball player John Amores has received some “words of encouragement” from Vice President Sara Duterte. (Photo from John Amores via Facebook) In a social media post on Monday, Dec. 6, the former JRU Heavy Bomber shared a photo of a letter from...
Senator Grace Poe on Friday, December 2 asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) to lift its ban on the sale of imported salmon and pompano while it is studying whether it would lift it or not. Poe said she does not see any compelling safety reason to implement the DA Administrative Order 259...
