Motorists from Laguna can now drive to Silang East in Cavite using the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX). NEW ROUTE -- A five-kilometer segment of the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) opens Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. The expressway from Laguna is now extended up tp Silang in Cavite, (Photo courtesy of...
The fourth section of the P56 Billion, 45-kilometer, Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX), the Silang East Interchange, is now open to motorists. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), together with MPCALA Holdings Inc. (MHI) today (August 24) inaugurated the interchange which extended the...
ASEAN Community Pantry organized by the PH launches in Dili SCENES FROM THE PANTRY The Philippine Embassy-organized Community Pantry in Timor-Leste gathered the ASEAN resident missions in Timor-Leste—Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and the Thailand—over very Filipino things such...
The East Avenue Medical Center's (EAMC) hospital bed utilization rate as of Tuesday, Aug. 3, is between 75 to 80 percent. East Avenue Medical Center (Photo from EAMC) The EAMC is seeing an increase in admissions due to COVID-19. "Two weeks ago our bed utilization rate was at 40 to 50 percent, now...
A five-kilometer diversion road traversing Rosales, Pangasinan will soon be accessible to motorists headed to other parts of eastern Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, and Nueva Vizcaya. NEW LINKAGE--A five-kilometer diversion road in Pangasinan dubbed the Carmen East-West Diversion Road will soon offer a...
Overseas Filipino worker (OFW) rights defender and advocate Susan "Toots" Ople raised concern Wednesday, July 28 over human traffickers' potential preying on stranded Filipino workers abroad. Susan Ople speaks during a July 28, 2021 virtual press briefing (Screengrab from Zoom meeting) In a virtual...
The government will call for the pullout of Filipino workers if the kafala system implemented in some countries in the Middle East will not be dismantled. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his sixth State of the Nation Address (SONA) before a joint session of Congress on July 26, 2021. (RTVM...
A better travel experience awaits motorists going to Bulacan as the Department of Transportation (DOTr), through the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) signed an agreement to start the construction of a service road in Marilao town. (Photo from the Department of Transportation) Transportation Secretary...
A young woman who assumed the identity of another person in hopes of landing a job as a domestic helper in the Middle East was intercepted by Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at Clark International Airport in Pampanga. (Photo from BI Facebook page) The human trafficking victim was stopped from...
Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC) has expanded its Robinsons Metro East mall with the soon-to-be-launched The Link that will provide a seamless connection to the Marikina station of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2). The firm said The Link takes inspiration from Hong Kong and its malls that are...
The operations of the new stations under the Light Rail Transit 2 (LRT-2) East Extension is expected to normalize after two weeks, pending the arrival of additional trains and the completion of the full integration of the train line's signaling system. The interior of the newly built Light Rail...
Ormoc City Mayor and Philippine Fencing Association president Richard Gomez, right, tries to score against national team member Noelito Jose Jr. during pool play of men's epee in the first leg of the National Open Fencing Championship last Saturday at the Superdome in Ormoc City. (City Government...
