After a successful Tokyo Olympic stint, the Philippines is on target for another triumphant sports victory as a team of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the General Santos City Jail battles Mongolia for the right to be declared as champion of the 1st Intercontinental Online Chess Tournament...
The Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCIEERD) warmly welcomed Niñaliza Escorial as its new Deputy Executive Director. IMG_20211013_113046 The DOST-PCIEERD said Escorial, a registered chemical...
Combined elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the local police arrested a Nigerian who yielded more than P27 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust in Bacoor, Cavite on Tuesday night, Oct. 12. In a report to PDEA Director General Wilkins M Villanueva, PDEA-4A Regional Director...
President Duterte has officially named Emelita P. Bagsit, as the new Regional Director of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)- Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon). Newly appointed DOST-Calabarzon Regional Director Emelita P. Bagsit (DOST-Calabarzon) This was announced...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has launched a four-day virtual training aimed at preventing its jail facilities from being turned into hosts for extremist ideologies. Dubbed as “Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Insurgency (PCVEI), BJMP chief, Director Allan Iral...
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized P1.7 million worth of shabu following the arrest of 11 drug pushers in an entrapment operation on Saturday, Oct. 9 in Makati City. PDEA Central Luzon Regional Director Bryan B Babang identified the suspects as Ma. Carmita Gonzales,...
Colonel Manuel Lukban Jr., a member of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) Tagapamayapa Class 1990, formally assumed his post as acting Bulacan police director on Friday, Oct. 8. Brig. Gen. Valeriano T. de Leon (center), Central Luzon police regional director, leads the turnover of...
Handicrafts made by inmates inside the jail facilities under the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Sorsogon and Davao City are gaining worldwide acceptance. Aside from Hawaii and other parts of the United States, the handicrafts are also being sold in other parts of the world via...
Remember Rory Quintos? To those not in the know, Rory is the director behind classics like "Anak," "Dubai," "Crazy Beautiful You," among others. She also did several teleseryes including "Pangako Sa 'Yo" at "The Legal Wife."Â Despite her success, Rory has since turned her back on show business....
Amidst the continuing COVID-19 crisis, the airline industry expects to lose $201 billion for 2020-2022, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced at the opening of its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2021. iata Already, these are "improved" projections with net...
Government response to the COVID-19 Delta variant stymied domestic travel demand in August, slowing recovery, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). image006 Total demand for air travel in August 2021, measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs, plunged 56.0 percent...
iata-1 Demand for global air cargo continues to rise but pressure on capacity is surging as well, according to the latest International Air Transport Association (IATA) data. “Air cargo demand had another strong month in August, up 7.7 percent compared to pre-COVID levels," announced IATA...
