President Duterte on Monday, July 19, asked authorities if they have tested Arvin Tan, the man who led a wild daylight police chase from Quezon City to Manila last week, for illegal drug use. President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the nation on July 19, 2021. (PCOO Screenshot) “I have seen in the...
The man who engaged police in a wild car chase after refusing to pay his hotel bill was found to have in his possession a sachet of suspected shabu, police said Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Antonio Yarra, director of the Quezon City Police District, said they found a suspected illegal drug from Arvin...
Filipino inventor Ismael Aviso unveiled a tantalizing "free energy" breakthrough over 10 years ago--the kind that would make oil company owners shake in their shoes should it be developed further. It went nowhere. Ismael Aviso (Screengrab from Aviso's YouTube video) Aviso's free energy technology...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced Wednesday, June 23, that the manual distribution of the emergency cash subsidy under the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP) has already started in San Mateo, Rizal. Manual SAP payout in San Mateo, Rizal. A SAP...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has launched two major research programs seeking to protect the mountains in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), and ensure water security and climate resilience for indigenous communities in the region. Maligcong Rice Terraces, Bontoc,...
The deadline for the certification of imported child restraint systems (CRS) or car seats has been extended up to August this year, the Department of Trade and Industry announced. The extension of the deadline was contained under DTI’s Bureau of Philippine Standards (DTI-BPS) Memorandum Circular...
Domestic car production staged a dramatic 88.4 percent turnaround in March this year, the first time since the pandemic, with local manufacturers ramping up factory output. Data from the ASEAN Automotive Federation (AAF) showed that Philippines car assemblers produced a total of 8,298 units in...
Investigators were on Monday probing the causes of a horrific cable car crash in the Italian mountains that left 14 people dead and a five-year-old child as the sole survivor. A view shows the cableway building at its starting point by Lake Maggiore in Stresa, Piedmont, on May 24, 2021 a day after...
ROME, Italy – Thirteen people died and two children were seriously injured Sunday when a cable car slammed into the side of a mountain in northern Italy, emergency services said. A photo by the Italian Firefighters "Vigili del Fuoco" shows rescuers working by a cable car that crashed to the...
The domestic automotive industry is projected to recover in the fourth quarter of 2021 and pick up momentum well into 2022, according to investments and banking executives. House of Investments (HI) Senior Vice-President and Car Business Operations head Johnny Fetalvero said several factors will...
The Board of Investments (BOI) does not see any problem is the proposed executive order that will extend by three years for a total of 9 years the compliance period for CARS Program participants. Trade and Industry Undersecretary Ceferino S. Rodolfo, who is also BOI managing head, the EO is...
A cure for the quarantine The good old days of simple joys are back! It comes with a name — car camping . It’s nothing new to many people who had grown up in the province or had been a boy or girl scout in school where the standard activity is camping. It’s easy and cheap to do too for a...
