ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Four persons were killed while one was wounded after they were riddled with bullets hours after attending a wedding in Barangay Baas, Lamitan City, Basilan at dawn on Tuesday, Nov. 8. A report from the Lamitan police station said the victims were sleeping on a makeshift stage at a...
Government anti-narcotics operatives arrested four drug suspects on Tuesday night, Aug. 23, in a buy-bust operation in Orani, Bataan. The operating units from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Bataan Police were tracking down Joyce Karen Ramirez, 24, Jordan Jamandre, 28, Ramil...
Letran displayed its championship poise to repulse a hard-fighting Perpetual Help 77-75, and book the first seat in the NCAA Season 97 Finals on Sunday, May 8 at the FilOil Flying V Arena in San Juan. Photo from GMA NCAA Fran Yu finished what Rhenz Abando had started, delivering the last six points...
Keith Motsi, head bartender at Charles H in Seoul, wins Altos Bartenders’ Bartender Award as part of Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2022 ALTOS AWARDEE Keith Motsi at Charles H, the speakeasy at Four Seasons Seoul Keith Motsi, head bartender at Charles H, the standout speakeasy at Four Seasons Seoul, has...
An increase in the number of dengue cases has been observed in some provinces located in four regions in the country, Department of Health Spokesperson Maria Rosario S. Vergeire said on Tuesday, April 12. She said the rise in dengue cases was monitored in Zamboanga Peninsula, Cagayan Valley,...
Senator Sonny Angara As our economy continues to reopen in the face of dwindling Covid-19 cases, the country is now faced with very high fuel prices due to global supply issues caused by the ongoing armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. This has led to even higher food, utilities, and...
Whether it’s a four-day workweek or a flexible work arrangement, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said the government's goal is still to keep the engines of the economy running. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "Let's not lose sight of the goal," Concepcion,...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC), the central human resource (HR) agency of the Philippine government said on Monday, March 21 that it supports the recommendation of the compressed four-day work week. (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) During the Laging Handa public briefing, CSC Commissioner...
Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo backed the proposal for a four-day work week in the country amid the rising fuel prices, but stressed the need to ensure that workers will not be shortchanged. Vice President Leni Robredo during the Comelec presidential debate on Saturday, March...
Aspiring president Senator Manny Pacquiao will focus on strengthening the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in a bid to expedite economic recovery from the pandemic if he wins in the upcoming May elections. Senator Manny Pacquiao During a presidential debate hosted by the Commission on...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Friday, March 18 called on the government to support the call of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to implement a four-day work week to address the continuous oil price hikes and apply it primarily to the business process outsourcing (BPO) workers....
ILOILO CITY – The city government of Iloilo and the provincial government of Iloilo are eyeing to implement the four-day work week as suggested by Secretary Karl Chua Karl Chua to cushion the impact of the seemingly ever increasing prices of fuels. “In order to help our employees cope with the...
