Seven persons have been arrested in Dagupan City for reportedly duping a buyer who paid P2.8 million for a piece of land with "fake title." In a statement issued on Friday, Sept. 29, the NBI identified the suspected scammers as Corazon Langit Idio-Villedo -- who posed as Lourdes V. Tan, the owner...
More than P74 million worth of alleged counterfeit cellular telephone accessories have been seized in Quiapo, Manila by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). In a statement issued on Friday, Sept 29, the NBI said: “The implementation of the Search Warrants resulted in the seizure...
University of the Philippines Manila (UP-Manila) chancellor Dr. Carmencita D. Padilla received the most prestigious award in science for her outstanding work in newborn screening and genomics when she was named the 43rd National Scientist of the Philippines. Photo credit to UP Manila The...
The percentage of household electrification rate or the number of houses with access to electricity has decreased across the country, officials of the Department of Energy (DOE) told senators on Friday, September 29. According to Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla, the number of households...
National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said that rice tariff reduction remains an option for the Marcos administration, but immediate execution is not viable. President Marcos earlier thumbed down the reduction of the rice tariff. “He saw that these prices are...
The government remains confident of the six percent to seven percent target rate by the year-end, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said the slowdown in the second quarter could be offset by fiscal spending in the third quarter,...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda on Thursday, September 28 urged lawmakers to refrain from approving a measure if there is no specific source of funds. Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda (Senate PRIB Photo) Legarda made the call after learning from...
Intelligence agents of the Bureau of Customs, backed by government anti-narcotics operatives, have foiled the attempt to smuggle around P3.8 billion worth of shabu following the confiscation of the shipment containing the illegal drugs at the Port of Subic. Agents of the Customs Intelligence...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman has defended the constitutionality of the House-approved 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) in relation to the planned realignment of confidential...
DOJ Sec. Jesus Crispin Remulla said law enforcement agencies have seized P3.6 billion worth of "shabu" in a warehouse in Mexico City, Pampanga (Photo NBI). More than P3.6 billion worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu, have been seized from a warehouse in Mexico town in...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has ruled out the possibility of a reenacted budget for next year following the House of Representatives' swift approval of the 2024 general appropriations bill (GAB). In a statement on Thursday, Sept. 28, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman lauded...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has denied the P9.1 million in backwages and benefits claimed by a former National Library of the Philippines (NLP) official who was dismissed from the government service when found guilty in an administrative charge in 1996 but was granted executive clemency in 2012....
