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...
Cavite 4th district (Dasmariñas City) Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. has slammed Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairman Prospero "Popoy" De Vera III for what the solon described as the "stonewalling" of his year-old request for the agency to lift its 11-year ban on new nursing programs in the...
POLICE in Anilao, Iloilo conduct a checkpoint as they implement the election gun ban. (Anilao PNP) ILOILO CITY – Police have arrested 240 gun ban violators across Western Visayas or Region 6 as the election period ended last Wednesday, June 8. “The arrests are the product of our close...
Nine persons were arrested by the police for alleged gun ban violations and suspected illegal drugs worth P281,600 in Pateros, Taguig, and Muntinlupa on June 7 and 8. On June 8, the Southern Police District’s Drug Enforcement Unit, together with the District Intelligence Division and District...
