Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director-General Wilkins Villanueva warned on Wednesday, June 23, that the agency may have no choice but to divulge the courts that have yet to grant their requests for search warrants on suspected dens of drug personalities. “Siguro papangalanan na natin...
The rail line linking Manila and Bulacan, Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 1 (Tutuban-Malolos), first segment of the P319.5 Billion North-South Commuter Railway, Monday, (June 14) posted a 46.68 percent overall progress rate and is on track to be completed second quarter of 2024. It's...
Notwithstanding the emergency nature of the release of fundings, over P242 million granted by government to finance Marawi rehabilitation and Bayanihan 2 programs was returned to the national treasury due to failure of the National Meat Inspection Service to implement listed projects. Making...
More than 300,000 containers have been scanned since January this year as part of the move to further improve the services of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). In a statement, the BOC said reported that it recorded a huge increase in scanned containers in May alone. "The X-ray Inspection Project (XIP)...
The Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science (DOST-FNRI) has developed a modified food inspection checklist (FIC) and grading system to help ensure food service establishments’ compliance to food safety. (DOST) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the...
The Pasay City Police said they are "prepared for any inspection" of the newly installed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar. Pasay City Police Chief Cesar Paday-os In a text message, Pasay City Police chief Col. Cesar Paday-os said the local city police is always...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar has ordered stricter first border inspection and control procedures on all imported food items and agri-fishery products to guarantee that only items considered as safe would get distributed to local markets. (Photo courtesy of the Department of...
Countless ways and approaches to gardening can sometimes overwhelm plant growers. One simple task that many gardeners prefer to ensure that their plants are doing well is to inspect them every day. A gardener can learn a lot about their plants by just looking into their leaves, stems, and soil...
Prime Certification and Inspection, a subsidiary of the United Arab Emirates - based Prime Group of Companies, has been recognized by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) and the only Philippine halal-certifying body authorized to give certification for food exports bound for the Kingdom...
The Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI) and its member group Philippine Maize Federation Inc. (PMFI) asked the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to approve the construction of the First Border Inspection Facility or Agricultural Commodity Examination Area (ACEA) in Manila Port....
DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (Photo bB Ali Vicoy) Private Motor Vehicle Inspection Center (PMVIC) owners on Feb. 11 heeded the call of Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade to lower their current inspection fees for private vehicles from P1,500-P1,800, to P600 while there is a...
DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (Photo bB Ali Vicoy) Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade today (Feb. 11) appealed to private vehicle inspections centers (PMVICs) to lower their inspection fees for private vehicles registering with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) from...
