The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said on Wednesday, Dec. 8, that all of its jail facilities all over the country are free from the dreaded coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) virus. “We would like to announce that as of this minute, wala na po tayong kaso ng COVID sa BJMP both sa...
This good news came as a much sought Holiday season gift for the lucky persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-run facilities as the bureau now allows “no contact visitations’’ in its low risk jail facilities but under certain conditions....
Social Security System (SSS) pensioners will receive their Christmas cash gifts early next month. Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer, said the pension fund has coordinated with its partner banks to credit the pensions within the first week of December. The SSS wants to...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) held a symbolic blast on Friday, Nov. 19, to officially start the construction of a 2.3 kilometer road two-tube mountain tunnel in Davao City. The road tunnel is part of the 10.7 kilometers Contract Package I-1 of the Davao City Bypass Construction...
Retired Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant George V. Ursabia Jr. was appointed as the new undersecretary for maritime of the Department of Transportation (DOTr). Newly appointed Department of Transportation Undersecretary for Maritime George V. Ursabia Jr. (Photo from Philippine Coast Guard)...
Nearly 70,000 members of the Social Security System (SSS) have been laid off from their jobs, and received unemployment benefits from the pension fund in the first three quarters of the year. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said on Thursday, Nov. 18,...
The anti-smuggling unit of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) raided a warehouse in Malabon that resulted in the seizure of approximately P4.72-million worth of smuggled agricultural products. Seized during the warehouse raid in Catmon, Malabon were imported vegetables like broccoli, carrots and red...
Lt. Gen. Andres Centino, the newly installed Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has issued his very first directive to the 150,000-strong military and that is to finish off the communist insurgency before President Duterte steps down from office in June 2022. Lt. Gen....
EDITORIAL Early this week, the President designated a new chief for the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the person of Dionardo Bernardo Carlos. He took over from retired PNP chief, Police General Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar. Carlos is now the seventh PNP chief to serve in the Duterte...
Retired police general Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar bowed out of service with a big jump in the trust and approval ratings of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Starting with 25th in ranking in approval rating and 22nd in trust rating in the survey conducted for all government agencies on May this...
President Duterte has appointed Philippine Army commanding general Lt. Gen. Andres Centino as the next chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Centino will replace General Jose Faustino whose mandatory retirement age of 56 is today, Nov. 12. Centino is the 57th AFP chief of...
Malacañang has confirmed the designation of Lt. Gen. Andres Centino as the new chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) effective Friday, Nov.12, 2021. Newly-installed AFP chief, Lt. Gen. Andres Centino (Photo from Facebook) Thus, said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque in a...
