KORONADAL CITY (PNA) – Two gunmen riding a motorbike shot dead a businesswoman and wounded her husband in an ambush in Barangay Fatima here before dawn on Tuesday, March 14. In a report, Col. Jomar Alexis Yap, General Santos City police director, identified the victim as Amelia Tajala of...
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Two members of underground mass organization (UGMO) Pinag-isang Lakas ng mga Magbubukid (PIGLAS)-Quezon under Anakpawis and Sangay ng Partido sa Lokalidad (SPL) of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the police at the 405th Maneuver Company (MC) in Barangay...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has released P221 billion in loans to 1.38 million active members and pensioners nationwide since January last year. Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, GSIS president and general manager said on Thursday, June 16, that of the total amount of loans granted...
State-owned Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) now accepts optional non-life insurance (ONLI) premium payments and the corresponding taxes and fees from clients online through Land Bank of the Philippines. In a statement on Monday, Feb. 20, Wick Veloso, GSIS president and general manager,...
Police arrested a New People’s Army (NPA) leader for murder on Sunday morning, Feb. 19, in General Nakar town in Quezon province. The suspect was identified as Christopher Avellano, 24, a resident of Sitio Pinamaypayan, Barangay Umiray, General Nakar. Avellano was the squad leader of Platoon 2...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) warned the public to be vigilant against scammers and fraudsters posing as employees or representatives of the pension fund over the phone or the Internet. Wick Veloso, GSIS president and general manager, said they strongly advise members and...
New trademark rules for protecting non-traditional marks, mandating online transactions, took effect Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2022, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippine (IPOPHL) announced. IPOPHL said the Revised Rules and Regulations on Trademarks, Service Marks, Trade Names and Marked or...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.3 earthquake rocked Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte province on Monday afternoon, Feb. 13, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The earthquake occurred at 3:57 p.m. and its epicenter was plotted 78 kilometers northeast of the...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has its own way of empowering women and prioritizing them, and this by providing them with skills training and livelihood programs. (TESDA/Manila Bulletin) In a statement, TESDA Director General Danilo Cruz said that the agency has...
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) have agreed to support and protect the intellectual property rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Both parties signed a...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Friday, Feb. 10, that it has completed the construction of three multi-purpose buildings in Concepcion, Tarlac which will enable the holding of public service activities of the benefit of residents there. DPWH logo DPWH Tarlac Second...
Fr. Reginald Malicdem (Photo Manila Cathedral FB) Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jose Advincula appointed former Manila Cathedral rector Fr. Reginald Malicdem as vicar general of the Archdiocese of Manila. Based on the archdiocese circular no. 2023-16, Malicdem was also designated as vice moderator...
