SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Department of Agriculture-Region 1 which is based in this city has a new regional executive director. Atty. Jennilyn Dawayan. (Photo via Zaldy Comanda) She is Atty. Jennilyn Dawayan, also a certified public accountant, was named to the post on Monday, August 8....
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is now making rounds nationwide to prevent the selling of fake fertilizers to farmers, an official said on Tuesday, August 2. DA Undersecretary-designate for consumer and political affairs Kristine Evangelista said the agency has received several reports about...
DAVAO CITY – A day after he was indicted for homicide, Dr. Marvin Rey R. Pepino, who allegedly shot and killed 19-year-old Grade 9 student Amierkhan Mangacop in a bar here Saturday, July 2, was released after posting bail on his 32nd birth anniversary Thursday, July 21. Pepino, who was detained...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan With the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the largest trade agreement involving many countries since the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO), due to be brought up in the Senate soon, the question remains: will the agriculture sector be...
THE mother of 19-year-old Amierkhan Mangacop wipes her tears as she appeals for justice for her son who shot dead in a bar altercation in Davao City last week. (Keith Bacongco) DAVAO CITY – The 19-year-old student allegedly shot dead by a doctor of the Police Regional Office-Davao Region in a bar...
Pro-administration Senator Jose ‘’Jinggoy’’ Ejercito Estrada on Tuesday, July 5 expressed his intent to revisit, review, and, if necessary, overhaul the Labor Code of the Philippines to ensure adequate benefits, support, and protection of the country's workforce. Estrada yesterday filed...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday, June 27 disclosed she has been discharged from the Manila Doctors Hospital and now feels “generally fine” after undergoing a major surgery. The outgoing detained lawmaker, likewise, thanked the supporters and friends who prayed for her health and her...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima arrived at the Manila Doctors Hospital Monday morning (June 20) to undergo a major surgery. Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branches 204 and 256, which are handling the senator’s two drug cases, granted the senator’s “extreme urgent motion for medical...
Two Muntinlupa courts have granted detained Senator Leila de Lima’s "extreme urgent motion for medical furlough" for five days to allow her to undergo a major operation. In separate decisions dated June 15, the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branches 204 and 256, which are handling the...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima is set to undergo a major operation, her legal counsel said on June 13. De Lima attended her bail hearing on June 13 at the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 256, which is handling one of her two remaining drug cases. Senator Leila de Lima arrives at the...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima will attend a bail hearing in one of her drug cases in Muntinlupa on June 13. The prosecution is scheduled to present witnesses including convicts Jojo Baligad and Herbert Colanggo before the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 256, which handles case 17-167....
Despite a strong campaign being mounted by the government and private business organizations, the Senate was still unable in its second attempt to concur with the ratification of mega trade deal Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Given also the strong opposition from the...