By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Navotas City will reimplement the truck ban starting Monday, Nov. 14, the local government announced on Tuesday, Nov. 8. "Vehicles with eight or more wheels such as cargo and freight trucks, or those with a gross weight of 4,500 kilograms including trac tor trailers and...
Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez refuses to give up on his twin pro-environment measures, which have always hit a snag once they are elevated to the Senate. Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) “We will not tire of filing and refiling these bills because...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- The United Nations is set to end travel ban exemptions for 13 Taliban officials Friday, pending any deal by Security Council members on a possible extension, diplomats told AFP. Under a 2011 UN Security Council resolution, 135 Taliban officials are subject to...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has suspended the permit to carry firearms outside residence (PTCFOR) from 12:01 a.m. Aug. 14 to midnight Aug. 22 in the Davao Region for the celebration of the 37th Kadayawan sa Davao Festival. In a statement Thursday, Aug. 18, the Police...
Senators are considering a deployment ban on Filipino domestic helpers to countries practicing the Kafala system--mostly countries in the Middle East--to prevent future abuses of overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) abroad. Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel raised this idea during the plenary...
A deputy minority leader in the House of Representatives has launched a serious push toward a legislated, nationwide ban on single-use plastics. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Rep. Bernadette Herrera filed in the 19th Congress House Bill (HB) No.1038, which calls for an...
Vigan City, Ilocos Sur Mayor Jose “Bonito” Singson Jr. has ordered private establishments to check and ensure the structural integrity of their buildings following the magnitude-7 earthquake Wednesday, July 27. Singson, in Executive Order No. 7, Series of 2022, issued Wednesday, said there is a...
Photo from ABAKA’s Facebook page Plastic and styrofoam materials for packaging of merchandise will soon be banned in the Art Capital of the Country starting August 1. The office of Mayor Jeri Mae Calderon said Municipal Ordinance No. 11-618 which is scheduled to be implemented next month...
A joint legislative measure imposing stricter penalties on the consumption of alcoholic beverages by what they call “unqualified users”--minors and persons with mental and physical disabilities--has been filed in the House of Representatives. (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) Currently, the legal age...
HONG KONG, China -- Hong Kong's new government on Thursday suspended a longstanding flight route ban that penalised airlines for bringing in coronavirus cases and severely impeded travel into the city, saying it was "not very effective". The financial hub has become increasingly isolated under...
DAVAO CITY – A five-day gun ban has been imposed in the entire Davao Region effective 12 midnight June 16 until June 21 in preparation for the inauguration of Vice President-elect Sara Duterte Sunday, June 19. Police Major Eudisan Gultiano, spokesperson for the Police Regional Office-Davao...
Police Maj. Gen. Felipe Natvidad, director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), has tasked all its concerned units to make sure that all the arrested gun ban violators in Metro Manila during the election period will be punished. A total of 3,651 gun ban violators were arrested from...
