OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa Magsino wants the House of Representatives to look into the state of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who have been placed on "death row" or those facing capital punishment in other countries. (Ye Jinghan/ Unsplash) For this purpose, Magsino authored and filed House...
Uneco Land Corporation built an illegal ranch where the Silang (Aguinaldo) Interchange of the P35.7 billion Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) passes through, Silang Mayor Kevin Anarna alleged. According to the town mayor, the Office of the Local Building Official of the Municipality of Silang, "has...
Uneco Land Corp., the private company owning 450 meters of land where the Silang (Aguinaldo) Interchange of the P35.7 billion Cavite Laguna Expressway (CALAX) passes through, is demanding P50-60 million for the project right of way (ROW), over three times more than the P16 million government...
Despite Right of Way (ROW) problems, the opening of the CALAX Silang (Aguinaldo) Interchange is "feasible" by first quarter of 2023, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) confirmed. "We're affected by ROW issues at the Trial Courts, especially at Silang," director of DPWH...
Stumped by the slow progress of San Miguel Corp.(SMC) in building the vital 1.2-kilometer Connector road linking the eight-kilometer North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to SMC's 18-kilometer Skyway Stage 3, Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) now wants to build the connector road itself while looking for...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Four persons were killed and two others were wounded after a shooting and hacking incident allegedly triggered by a land dispute in Sitio Kiabacat, Barangay Songco, Lantapan, Bukidnon on Sunday, Nov. 27. The Bukidnon Police Provincial Office (BPPO) identified the fatalities...
The Silang, Cavite Local Government Unit (LGU) urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to break the right-of-way (ROW) deadlock holding up a critical section of the Cavite Laguna Expressway (CALAX) for half a decade. "Maybe we can get a compromise agreement (between CALAX operator...
A former veteran official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is pushing for amendments to the Right-of-Way (ROW) Act of 2016, also known as Republic Act (RA) No.10752 The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) In his sponsorship speech, Bulacan 6th district Rep....
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will fast-track the relocation of its existing poles that will be affected by projects of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), primarily the rail systems that will improve the country’s transportation network. To reinforce collaboration,...
CRIME scene probers process the area in Barangay 3, Bacolod City where a Chinese businessman was found dead following a shooting incident in Barangay 5 Tuesday, June 14. (Photo courtesy of Kirby Federez) BACOLOD CITY – Police are looking into property dispute within the family as possible motive...
Savin, 75, had not given any sign of life since very early Friday (AFP/Philippe Lopez) A 75-year-old Frenchman attempting to row across the Atlantic "to laugh at old age" was found dead in his cabin at sea Saturday, his support team said. Portugal's coastguard found Jean-Jacques Savin's overturned...
SYDNEY, Australia -- A long-planned round of Australia-EU free trade talks have been postponed, a European official confirmed Friday, after fury over Canberra's decision to cancel a major French submarine contract. (Carl Court/Getty Images) ''The FTA trade round has been postponed for a month until...
