The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) is seeing a “sinister agenda” behind President Benigno Aquino III’s appointment of Macabangkit Lanto to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
UNA campaign manager Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco claimed that Team PNoy campaign manager Sen. Franklin Drilon lobbied hard for Lanto’s appointment.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) yesterday seized two 40-foot container vans loaded with P12 million worth of illegally-imported used tires, electronic and computer routers, parts and accessories.
The confiscation of the items came on the heels of the seizure of smuggled rice, sugar, motorbike, fake Louis Vuitton bags and accessories and guns at Cebu City last week.
BANGUED, Abra — Today is a day to remember for the Abrenios as they celebrate the fifth staging of the Kawayan Festival.
Gov. Eustaquio Bersamin said the festival aims to promote the one-town one-product project of the province which is bamboo, provide an opportunity for Abrenios to celebrate, and encourage Abrenios living in other provinces or abroad to come home.
Bersamin said the festival is a good opportunity to tell the world that Abra is safe and thriving.
CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan — More or less 4,000 Bulakeños witnessed the birth of a program seeking to turn Bulacan into a hub of industrialization and model of inclusive economic growth as Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr., Governor Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado and Rep. Joselito Mendoza launched early morning yesterday the One Bulacan Program for Rapid Industrialization and Development (PRIDE) held at the Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium here.
ARAYAT, Pampanga — In effort to provide permanent shelters to the landslide victims in this town, the provincial government headed by Governor Lilia G. Pineda assured yesterday the completion of the construction of 170 houses of the affected families.
Pineda said the construction of the landslide victims’ shelters will be completed before the end of this year.
She said nearly half of the 170 houses for the victims of the 2009 landslide in Barangay San Juan Bano have already been built.
TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite — The provincial government has retained its International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification with the positive findings of officers in another round of audit in its offices.
The Cavite provincial government was the first in the country that was given the ISO-9001:2008 certification after a thorough audit of its prime offices last year.
The ISO certification is a virtual seal for quality management, well governance, and good services and performance of those manning the offices.
BALANGA CITY, Bataan — Second District Rep. Abet S. Garcia revealed yesterday that the security and economic development of the province and the rest of the country will be further boosted after President Benigno S. Aquino III signed a landmark legislation modernizing the Government Arsenal based here as part of the P75-billion program to upgrade the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
As the whole world celebrates International Women’s Day, Rep. Mylene Garcia-Albano (2nd District, Davao City) sought for the passage of a proposed bill that will declare March 8 a non-working holiday in the country to allow Filipino women to fully enjoy their special day through a one day break from their workplaces.
The backhoe operator who allegedly was ordered by the masterminds to dig the graves of the victims of the mass execution in the 2009 “Maguindanao Massacre’’ case asked a Quezon City court to reconsider its order for his arraignment and transfer to the jail facility at Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan, Taguig City.
Students in 41 public elementary and high schools will soon be learning math, science, Filipino, English, and social studies from educational modules developed by the Knowledge Channel Foundation.