Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a resolution urging the Senate to investigate the administrative orders issued by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) that have led to an “excessive” rise in port fees. In filing Senate Resolution No. 484, Hontiveros specifically mentioned the AOs pertaining...
Business groups estimated of at least P35 billion in direct financial cost once the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) implements Administrative Order 04–2021, a new system that seeks to provide technology infrastructure, including container tracking program. During a press conference, 17...
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...
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...
In a government agency or a local government unit (LGU), there are workers who are under a contract of service (COS) or a job order (JO) scheme. Though they are not classified as “regular” workers, their services are vital and needed to ensure that the government’s programs, projects, and...
As a well-deserved recognition for their hard work, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered the grant of gratuity pay for contract of service (COS) and job order (JO) government workers, Malacañang said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang Photo) The Office of...
A new cableway for an agricultural transport system is being constructed in Bauko, Mountain Province which will allow communities to transport their agricultural produce to the nearest trading center through a tramline. According to the Department of Science and Technology Philippine Council for...
FACE MASK (Unsplash) The Department of Health (DOH) said that Metro Manila and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) are now under the moderate-risk classification for Covid-19 transmission. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that all areas in the Philippines are still...
Over 2,000 personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), including medical doctors, were dispatched to the earthquake-hit Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) to provide the necessary assistance to the region’s distressed areas. BFP chief Director Louie Puracan said at least 25 fire trucks...
PEOPLE in Abra spend the night in makeshift shelters out of fear from aftershocks following the earthquake Wednesday, July 27. (Photo courtesy of PIA-Abra) BAGUIO CITY – A total of 7,691 families or 36,972 individuals were affected by the magnitude-7 earthquake Wednesday, July 27, in six...
THE body of construction worker Aron Cul-iteng is loaded into an ambulance after his remains were recovered in a building that collapsed in La Trinidad, Benguet. BAGUIO CITY – Three persons died in the Cordillera Administrative Region from the magnitude-7 earthquake Wednesday, July 27. Eight...
