BALANGA CITY — Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a correspondent of a national tabloid yesterday, an act described as barbaric and inhumane since the fatality succumbed to seven bullet wounds from a .45 caliber pistol.
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The graft case filed with the Ombudsman by Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) President and General Manager Winston Garcia the other day did not stop Iloilo Rep. Rolex Suplico from further attacking the GSIS chief.
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The Confederation of Government Employees Organizations (COGEO) and six former members of the board of trustees of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) yesterday expressed support for GSIS President and General Manager Winston Garcia for his “successful” implementation of the reform polici
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The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has placed under investigation some of the rich and famous taxpayers who own houses inside exclusive villages in Makati City and elsewhere in the country.
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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said yesterday that it will intensify its campaign against the illegal use of commemorative plates.
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Wives of local officials asked to pitch in for RP
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More than P3.54 billion is spent annually on solid waste collection and disposal in Metro Manila at an average cost of about P1,450 per ton, said the Asian Development Bank (ADB) based on the findings of its Metro Manila Solid Waste Management Project 2003.
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The Philippine National Police (PNP) has lauded the city government of Makati for its successful drive against illegal drugs and is set to adopt the local government’s campaign for the Southern Police District (SPD).
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The Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) yesterday announced that they will impose a new scheme that limits the seating capacity of FX “Mega” taxi to only five persons.
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2 brgy watchmen in alleged shooting incident arrested
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PASIG CITY — For his Muslim-friendly and unifying policy, former President Diosdado P. Macapagal, on his 94th birth anniversary on Tuesday, received a tribute from the leadership of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao led by Governor Parouk S. Hussin.
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The Overseas Placement Association of the Philippines (OPAP), one of the country’s largest associations of licensed recruitment agencies, has filed before the Pasay City Regional Trial Court a petition for the issuance of a restraining order against Gulf Cooperation Council Approved Medical Clinic A
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QUEZON CITY — A total of 50 government vehicles, most of which bearing red license plates, are in the “watchlist” of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) as these have been reported being used for non-official functions.
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Deputized traffic enforcers from local government units will have to undergo a retraining program to become authorized issuing officers of Metropolitan Traffic Ticket (MTT).
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CSC-NCR holds parade of public servants
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Opposition Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada distributed 9,990 gift packs consisting of assorted items to residents in Caloocan, Malabon, and Navotas as part of his thanksgiving to the residents in these areas where he got more votes in the past May 2004 elections.
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The Commission on Population (PopCom) will intensify its advocacy of going to every Filipino household to deliver reproductive health services under a strengthened population management program.
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Mandaluyong City Representative Benjamin Abalos Jr. has filed a bill in Congress that will prohibit motorists from using cellular phone while driving.
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MANILA — About 2,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), through lawyer Gerardo del Mundo, have appealed to the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the US government to resolve their legal claims with finality and justice long denied to them as workers and employees of the giant US compani
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QUEZON CITY — A policeman at the Production and Media Affairs Division (PMAD) of the Police Community Relations Group (PCRG) criticized yesterday the alleged high-handedness of an official of a construction firm undertaking repair works at the MRT Cubao station.
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Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) executive director, Undersecretary Jose C. Calida has underscored the very impressive cooperation and active involvement of nation members of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the fight against illegal drugs and substances in the region.
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Instead of books, the Department of Education (DepEd) advised yesterday the local school boards to purchase furnitures such as desks and chairs to alleviate the acute shortage of school supplies in the country.
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PASIG CITY— The Department of Education (DepEd) has culminated its 2004 “National Search for the Most Outstanding Non-Formal Education Mobile Teachers” with three mentors emerging as the winners, it was learned here recently.
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QUEZON CITY — Bureau of Jail Director Arturo Alit, chief of the Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) called on complainants and other persons against the so-called “kotong” jail officers and men, and even civilian personnel of the bureau to be vigilant and courageous in coming out in the open and tes
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QUEZON CITY — Meat authorities in Metro Manila and elsewhere were instructed yesterday to step-up the campaign against the slaughtering and sale of dogs for food purposes.
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Malacañang yesterday assured that there are no secret deals or concessions with the six leaders and the other junior military officers implicated in the July 24 Oakwood mutiny in Makati City as it sought a broad consensus in deciding whether they will be granted a general amnesty.
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Sixty-one policemen from four municipal police stations in Abra were relieved from their posts for moonlighting as security personnel for politicians in the province, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Deputy Director General Edgar Aglipay announced yesterday.
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Senate public order and illegal drugs committee chairman Sen. Manuel Villar called yesterday for a congressional investigation on the failure of the government to arrest the increasing incidents of cellphone theft in the country, saying it has already become one of the most serious crimes committed
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The government is prepared to prevent the entry of the avian influenza or bird flu in the Philippines, Malacañang said yesterday.
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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday confirmed the deaths of two Filipino seamen in an explosion in their shipping vessel off the coast of Sri Lanka Tuesday night.
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Chief Supt. Noe Wong, former Bulacan police director and deputy director of comptrollership of the Philippine National Police (PNP), formally assumed his post yesterday as director of the Northern Police District Office (NPDO).
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