Anti-narcotics operatives arrested a drug pusher and seized P3,031,100 worth of suspected ecstasy during a controlled delivery operation in Barangay Gibraltar, Baguio City, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Thursday, Aug. 12. In a Viber message, PDEA spokesperson Derrick Arnold...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has finally ended the "monopoly" of a private logistics provider following widespread complaint against delays and confusions that marred the delivery of passports to applicants. Philippine passport (R. Mabasa) “I finished off QRS. They’re dead and...
More than 17.98 million doses of vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will be delivered in the country in the remaining days of the month, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 revealed Monday night, August 9. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. presents updates on the country's...
The delivery services, a segment in the burgeoning domestic logistics industry, is boosting the entrepreneurship spirit among Filipinos. The Santos family of Las Piñas started a small hardware business and progressed as distributor of construction materials, particularly cement. “I was only 21...
Ride-hailing firm Grab Philippines will be giving out rewards to vaccinated driver-partners and delivery riders as a way to encourage them to get the jab and support the inoculation efforts of the government against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Seeking to empower more communities and ensure people-centered development, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has officially launched the Additional Financing (AF) of the Kapit-Bisig sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services - National...
As far as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is concerned, food delivery and courier riders are covered by either the Labor Code of the Philippines or the contract or agreement they have with their respectively digital platform company, depending on the existence of an employer-employee...
The government is counting on the full delivery of the coronavirus vaccines it procured from China's Sinovac Biotech earlier than expected. The latest batch of of Sinovac vaccines procured by the government arrive in the Philippines on July 17, 2021 (National Task Force against COVID-19/Twitter)...
The Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship has approved a bill that would protect delivery riders against hoax orders and cancellations. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, committee chairman, disclosed Tuesday, July 13, that he already filed...
Joint customs and anti-illegal drugs agents have arrested two claimants of a package containing P9.5 million worth of the party drug known as "Ecstasy" during a controlled delivery in Quezon City. (Photo from BOC-NAIA) Information coming from the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Ninoy Aquino...
Young star Francine Diaz recently asked netizens to be "be kind." "I can’t believe how heartless people can be nowadays, if you’re a true fan of mine, alam niyong hindi ko gugustuhin yung ginawa niyo," she wrote. "Huwag niyo po idamay yung mga taong nag hahanap buhay please lang. Be kind,...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has encouraged all local government units (LGUs) to prioritize the administration of the second dose vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) within the next two weeks to address slippages in deliveries. SORRY--Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. apologizes for...
