Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) chief Jail Director Allan Iral exhorted his men on Tuesday, Jan. 3, to maintain the highest level of discipline and integrity in manning the bureau’s 478 jail facilities nationwide. BJMP photo He cited his personnel for a "job well done" after the...
The Muntinlupa City government has started the issuance and renewal of business permits on Tuesday, Jan. 3. The renewal of business permits will be held from Jan. 3 to 20 at the Muntinlupa Sports Center in Barangay Tunasan. Business permit renewal in January 2022. (Photo from BPLO) Business owners...
Filipino movies, surprise us in 2023! With the movie audience inching their way back to the cinemas during the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), we hope to see more people patronize local films. We hope to see young, maverick filmmakers cross over and successfully transition to the entertainment...
Time and time again, the contributions of millions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been highlighted as a “lifeline” of the economy. In times of crisis, we can count on their remittances to soften the blow on economically disadvantaged sectors. In search of greener pastures for their...
ILOILO CITY – The New Year celebration in Western Visayas region was generally peaceful, police said. TOURISTS watch the fireworks display ushering in the New Year at the beach front of world-famous Boracay Island. (Malay-Boracay Tourism Office) "The peaceful celebration is attributed to the...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is asking the public to stop investing in the scheme being offered by Ground Zero Poultry Agricultural Corporation and its representatives as this has the characteristics of a Ponzi scam. Based on reports and information gathered by the Commission, individuals...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board chaired by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., approved last December 16 the Philippine Development Plan for 2023-2028, with the following key macroeconomic targets: gross domestic product (GDP) growth ranging from 6.5 to 8.0 percent;...
WALA LANG Now at Madrid’s Museo del Prado until March is an exhibit on the art of Fernando Zobel, the Filipino-Spanish artist, who pioneered in the study of Philippine religious imagery, founded the Ateneo Art Gallery and the Museum of Abstract Art in Cuenca, Spain, and masterpieces that the...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye For this New Year’s issue, I lend my space to readers to enable them to express their wishes and hopes for 2023. The comments are presented in no particular order and were only slightly edited for brevity. Much happiness in 2023. — Personal caregiver Jean Susi....
The Securities and Exchange Commission is warning the public against investing with Tether-Pay, Tether.Pay.com, and Tether Pay Ltd. which seem to be operating a fraudulent scheme. “This Advisory is prompted by the information received and gathered by the Securities and Exchange Commission that...
2023 budget to address immediate concerns—DBM By Chino S. Leyco The spending priorities of the Marcos administration’s first national budget for the new year, amounting to P5.268 trillion, is the starting point of the eight-point socioeconomic agenda in the near term. This aims to address the...
The House Committee on Ways and Means has vowed to pin down the alleged Chinese mafia behind the agricultural smuggling in the Philippines as soon as Congress resume sessions this year, 2023. Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda, chairman of the said committee, said the panel has “Class...
