“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” and “Morbius” topped the box office for the month of April in South Korea. The Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which tracks box office receipts, released the list of the top-grossing films in Korea for April. “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Office for Overseas Voting said the photo showing an official ballot received by an overseas voter in New Zealand with missing candidate's name has been "deliberately edited." Photo Comelec In a statement on Monday, April 25, Comelec OFOV said, it has been...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Fourteen dengue patients here have died, raising fears the continuing trend of infections among youngsters and young adults might reach the epidemic threshold. Zamboanga health workers initiate advocacy on dengue prevention. (Photo via Liza Jocson) The City Health Office (CHO)...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will inaugurate on Monday its new extension office in Makati City located at the Ayala Circuit Mall along J.P. Rizal Street. Bureau of Immigration BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said Friday, April 22, that the extension office caters mostly to foreign nationals of the...
The Pasig City Health Office (CHO) said on Thursday, April 21, that it is prepared for a potential mid-May surge in Covid-19 cases. “Despite changes in the alert level system, the systems put in place for the management of Covid cases, whether there's a surge or the cases are below 20, are still...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) confiscated P680,000 worth of suspected methampethamine hydrochloride or "shabu" from two alleged female drug peddlers who were arrested in a buy-bust operation in San Carlos City, Pangasinan on Black Saturday, April 16. PDEA logo The PDEA identified...
Government anti-narcotics authorities arrested a female claimant of a parcel containing shabu during a controlled delivery operation in Trece Marteres City, Cavite. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) spokesperson Derrick Arnold Carreon identified the claimant as Lionela dela Cruz of Barangay...
A group of education workers said that the Department of Education (DepEd) Central Office should be ultimately responsible and accountable for the “problematic” senior high school module referencing Vice President Leni Robredo. DepEd Central Office (Photo from DepEd) “Our teachers, while it...
Inflation in the country is projected to surpass government’s target of 2-4 percent this year, owing mainly to skyrocketing fuel and food prices, the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) reported. During the Regional Economic Outlook virtual briefing on Tuesday, April 12, Hoe Ee Khor,...
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) has raised this year’s economic growth outlook for the Philippines to 6.5 percent from 6.2 percent on the back of robust government expenditures and recovering private sector spending. During a virtual briefing on Tuesday, April 12, Hoe Ee Khor,...
A labor official has dismissed the proposal of the newly-created Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to lift the ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in some parts of the Middle East. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Embassy in Beirut/DFA) Labor Attache Alejandro Padaen, of the...
PHL Post Office urges students to participate in the UPU Letter Writing Contest The Philippine Post Office (PHLPost) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU), through the International Bureau, invites youth ages nine to 15 to join its 51st International Letter Writing Competition for Young People, to...
