The leadership of the Philippine National Police (PNP) reminded politicians to refrain from giving in to the extortion demands of the communist rebels through permit-to-campaign fees should they decide to run for public office for the 2022 national and local elections. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade has reiterated his warning against "fixers" and fake license pages that have been proliferating on social media platforms. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade (Ali Vicoy / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Tugade said he has been...
The mining industry is still enjoying a continuous string of goods news as the Philippine government gives in to a years-long clamor by mining companies to allow the automatic renewal of the exploration period in the country. This means that a mining company exploring minerals in an area no longer...
Agents from the Bureau of Customs - Port of NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) have seized a total of 2,032 pieces of live ornamental plants for not having the required plant quarantine permit prior to the items' importation. (Photo from the BOC) A statement from BOC-NAIA on Monday, May 24...
The government of Singapore is providing free hospitalization to Filipinos with valid permits to stay, Philippine Ambassador Jose Yap said Tuesday. Currently, Yap said only 35 out of the 578 confirmed cases among Filipinos are confined at isolation wards in hospitals while the rest have fully...
Despite insistence that it was his doctor who recommended the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine, President Duterte apologized for receiving a vaccine that has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The President admitted that Sinopharm, developed by Beijing Biological Products...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez has called for the reduction of business permit fees by local government units (LGUs) to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and ensure they continue to thrive, especially in this pandemic period. Lopez said at the Task Group on Economic...
After securing 495 permits from local government units ( LGUs) within the first two months of the year, Globe Telecom Inc. Wednesday, (March 17), announced that its target of installing 2,000 new towers for 2021 is on track. The telco gained 253 permits in the first month of the year before...
PLDT Inc. and wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) secured over 6,500 permits to build cell sites in the second half of 2020, after the government cut the red tape. Since July, Smart secured over 2,500 permits to build more cell sites while PLDT secured around 4,000 permits....
After Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian suspended North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Corp.'s business permit on December 7 due to traffic congestion resulting from its cashless toll collection scheme, the company said it “will implement several measures to resolve the Valenzuela issue to protect...
