CAVITE – Authorities nabbed a high-level individual (HVI) in an anti-illegal drug operation in General Trias City on Wednesday, May 24. An SMS report from the Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspect as Joel C. Surita. The HVI was caught selling a plastic sachet containing a...
Japanese firms urged the Philippine government to speed up the process of approving ecozone proclamation to be able to provide ready to occupy factory sites in light of the increasing number of Japanese firms expanding in the country. Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Tereso O. Panga, who...
The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) announced on Monday, May 22 that it will not charge first-time jobseekers when acquiring National Certificates (NCs), Certification, Authentication and Verification (CAV), and Certificates of Competencies (CoCs). "First-time job seekers...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the bill that seeks to institutionalize the Shared Service Facilities (SSF) project of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The bill seeks to ensure there is continued funding for the benefit of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)....
The San Juan City local government, together with the Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center (CGHMC), held a medical and dental mission in its barangays on Sunday, May 21, as part of its efforts in bringing quality healthcare and public service to its residents. San Juan City Mayor Francis...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe led the celebration here on Thursday, May 18, of Dia de Gen. Vicente Alvarez, a day dedicated to honor a Zamboangueño revolutionary general who fought against Spain. THE marker honoring Zamboanga revolutionary hero Gen. Vicente Alvarez at Plaza Vicente S....
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A police intelligence agent was shot dead in Barangay North here on Wednesday night, May 17. Police Col. Joemar Alexis Yap, city police director, identified the victim as Police Senior Master Sgt. Peterselier Licanto, assigned to the Sarangani Provincial Police Office....
There has been a consistent increase in the Philippine General Hospital’s (PGH) Covid-19 admissions, the institution’s spokesperson confirmed on Thursday, May 18. University of the Philippines - Philippine General Hospital PGH Spokesperson Dr. Jonas Del Rosario, in an interview over DZMM...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Local health authorities have allayed fears of a possible outbreak of dengue amid the rising cases of the dreaded disease here. City health Officer Lalaine Calonzo stressed that there was no basis for the declaration of an outbreak despite the 501 percent increase of dengue...
Police General Benjamin Acorda Jr., Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), personally witnessed the mass surrender of 50 combatants of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Thursday, May 11. (PNP Chief Police Gen....
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said on Thursday, May 11, that it has inaugurated a three-story Provincial Training Center located in Lipa City, Batangas. In a statement, TESDA said that this is part of its commitment to expanding tech-voc training in the country as...
Committed investments registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) in April this year reached P20.566 billion, jumping by 162.37 percent from P7.834 billion in April 2022, and bringing total investments in the first four months to P33.094 billion, or 107.15 percent higher versus...
