With the approval of the amendments to the Republic Act 11235, otherwise known as “Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act", there will be no more "doble plaka" (double plates) for motorcycles. Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino reported on Tuesday, Jan. 14, the approval of the bicameral conference...
(Courtesy of Manila General Information Systems Center/Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office) The “National Rally for Peace” organized by religious organization Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) Monday, Jan. 13, attracted a mammoth crowd but the event went smoothly as no untoward event...
Residents wade through ankle-deep flood in Brgy. Tinanogan, Donsol, Sorsogon on Jan. 10, 2025 as shear line triggers light to heavy rains that already killed two persons in Bicol Region. (Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said that there are enough food, water...
The Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taiwan is promoting to Filipinos job opportunities in the island that can offer at least P52,000 salary per month. Cesar Chavez, Jr., the country's labor attachè in Taiwan, said the Philippine government is urging Filipinos to take advantage...
Residents wade through ankle-deep flood in Brgy. Tinanogan, Donsol, Sorsogon on Jan. 10, 2025 as shear line triggers light to heavy rains that already killed two persons in Bicol Region. (Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) Two people were reported killed while more than 78,000 individuals were...
A total of 1,046 motorcycle and car dealers were summoned by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in 2024 over their alleged failure to register newly-bought motor vehicles within the prescribed period. The cases of most of the motorcycle and car dealers issued with Show Cause Orders (SCO) are...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) earned nearly P180 million in 2024 in the strict implementation of the mandatory use of seatbelt among motorists across the country. LTO chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II said a total of 134,147 motorists were apprehended from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 last...
(File photo) Fearing the entire city of Canlaon in Negros Oriental will be buried under a thick carpet of pyroclastic surges and ashfall deposits, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is preparing to evacuate thousands of displaced individuals as Kanlaon Volcano again emitted ash on Wednesday morning,...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deploys various assets and resources strategically along the Pasig River on Jan. 7, 2025 as part of security preparations for the Feast of Jesus Nazareno and the "Traslacion". (Photo: PCG Malacañang). Security measures are in place to ensure a peaceful, safe, and...
DAVAO CITY – Office of Civil Defense-Davao region chief Ednar Dayanghirang said massive drainage problem is among the causes of the perennial flooding in different parts of the region. Even without the effects of weather disturbances such as shearline, Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), and...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has summoned the registered owner of the tricycle which went viral after it was seen in the video dragging a cat along a busy road in Pangasinan. The video sparked public outrage and LTO chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza himself could not help but...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has appealed to Filipinos to take seriously the warnings associated with the shear line and the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) as these weather systems continue to significantly impact different parts of the country. File photo In an interview on Teleradyo...
