Several business groups on Friday, January 27 have urged the Senate and the House of Representatives to look into the alleged anomalous issuance of an administrative order released by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) which they believe “will worsen the inflation in the country.” Speaking in...
Major maritime stakeholders have asked President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to immediately revoke an order from the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) imposing an additional container monitoring system in current port operations. ICTSI continues to invest in Manila flagship Seventeen groups...
CAMP. GEN. MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – Police apprehended 43 wanted persons and seized almost ₱612,000 worth of illegal drugs in a week-long anti-crime operation in Batangas. Col. Pedro D. Soliba, Batangas police director, said 102 drug suspects were arrested in 90 operations from...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – The province of Apayao and 14 municipalities were named the most peaceful places in the Cordillera during the Police Regional Office-Cordillera Command Conference here on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar, regional police director, who presided over the...
CEBU CITY – Gov. Aris Aumentado backed programs that the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) will implement in Bohol. GOV. Aris Aumentado (right) welcomes Brig. Gen. Jerry Bearis, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, at the Bohol Provincial Capitol in Tagbilaran City on...
POLICE secure the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City in 2020. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A week-long gun ban for the Dinagyang Festival here this year was implemented starting on Friday, Jan. 13. Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas) director, appealed for a peaceful...
Trade groups have sought for the scrapping of a Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) order prescribing the registration and monitoring of containers, stating the regulation will only add to the undue cost burdens of businesses and consumers amid runaway inflation and container delays. In a statement,...
Distributors and sellers of vaporized nicotine and non-nicotine products must comply with the requirements of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) following the seizure of tons of smuggled and untaxed vape products from five big time illicit vape...
The Pasig City local government is intensifying its efforts in apprehending drivers who are using motor vehicles without license plates or conduction stickers in the city. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto, issued on Jan. 3 Executive Order No. PCG-01 series of 2023, "reiterating the mandatory use of...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, January 6 welcomed the Office of the President’s (OP) decision to clear a former Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary and three former board members of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) on the controversial issuance of Sugar Order No. 4. “I am...
The Office of the President’s (OP) decision that cleared former Agriculture and Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) officials in connection to the supposed illegal issuance of Sugar Order No. 4 will in no way affect the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Report on the matter, Sen. Francis Tolentino...
Malacañang has ordered the streamlining of the administrative structure of the Office of the President as part of the Marcos administration's efforts "towards efficiency and responsiveness in the delivery of its critical mandates to the Filipino people." Under Executive Order No. 11, the Office...
