State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is still seeking bids from private partners for the Passive Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure in New Clark City. Joshua M. Bingcang, BCDA president and chief executive officer, said the ICT joint project,...
BUTUAN CITY – Two New People’s Army (NPA) fighters surrendered to the Agusan del Norte 2nd Police Mobile Force Company in Agusan del Norte, police reported on Monday, January 29. Police Regional Office 13-Regional Public Information Office (RPIO) chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said that...
Yes, both Feb. 9 and 10 of this year are declared special nonworking days in the entire country due to the celebration of the Chinese New Year. KEVIN TRISTAN ESPIRITU / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil confirmed this in a text message amid confusion among some...
Banig (sleeping mat) weavers from Sitio Madaja, Barangay Buenavista in Himamaylayan City, Negros Occidental (Photo courtesy of 94th Infantry Battalion) For the longest time, residents at Sitio Madaja in the heart of Barangay Buenavista in Himamaylayan City, Negros Occidental had been living in fear...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL The annual World Economic forum at Davos happened last week. If you recall, our President Bong Bong Marcos attended the 2023 edition; and that was a great success in establishing globally what his assuming the office represented, and...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The NFL's Atlanta Falcons plan to hire Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris as their new head coach, snubbing former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, according to reports on Thursday, Jan. 25. Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris (AFP)...
BUTUAN CITY – The Army 23rd Infantry Battalion under the 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division captured two wounded New People’s Army amazons in an encounter in Barangay Bitan-agan, this city, on Wednesday, January 24. They were taken and under tight security in a hospital here on Thursday, January...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said it will not seek the imposition of additional taxes this year and will instead temper tax hikes such as the proposed motor vehicles tax. “Frankly speaking, there are no plans of imposing additional new taxes. I think our first job is to collect what is on the...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A New People’s Army rebel surrendered and an arms cache was discovered in separate towns in this province on Tuesday, January 23. The surrenderer was identified as Ruelito, a member of Apolonio Mendoza Command and listed as Non-Periodic Status Report. He turned over...
State-owned Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is optimistic that the Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC) would consider New Clark City in Tarlac as one of its first investment opportunities. As one of the major players in the government's Build, Build, More initiative, Joshua Bingcang,...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Tuesday, Jan. 23, the date and venue for the in-person mass oathtaking ceremony of new nurses. Photo from PRC In a Facebook post, the commission said that the oathtaking ceremony for the said profession will be on Jan. 26, at 9 a.m. at the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 71-year-old New People’s Army (NPA) amazon surrendered in La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Monday, January 22. MAP of Negros Occidental with the town of La Castellana highlighted. In a press briefing on Tuesday, January 23, Police Major Rhojn Darell Nigos, spokesperson...
