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Agri sector posts 2.5% growth this year: DA
December 20, 2018, 5:55 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the country’s agricultural sector posted a meager 2.5 percent growth this year compared to last year’s 4 percent. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol attributed this to several typhoons that hit the country, most especially Typhoon Ompong,… Read More
Cordillera reg’l council backs medical marijuana legalization
December 20, 2018, 5:48 pm
BAGUIO CITY -- Cordillera’s top governing body, the Regional Development Council (RDC), is throwing its support behind the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes. “No problem if it will be utilized for medical treatment,” RDC Chairman and Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan said at… Read More
560 more surrenderers graduate from QC drug rehab
December 20, 2018, 5:06 pm
MANILA -- A total of 560 drug surrenderers from the Quezon City drug rehabilitation center have recently graduated after completing the rehabilitation modules and counseling. During the commencement ceremony on Wednesday, Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte congratulated the graduates for being able to finish… Read More
103 ex-NPAs in Bukidnon get P4.6-M aid
December 20, 2018, 5:05 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) office has released a total of PHP4,615,700 in cash aid to 103 former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Bukidnon this year.This was disclosed by Glenda Hope A. Beley, local government operations officer of… Read More
Carnap suspect shot dead in Cotabato
December 20, 2018, 5:00 pm
COTABATO CITY – Cops shot dead a car theft suspect here after attempting to shoot at patrolling policemen in Barangay Rosary Heights 12 here on Wednesday afternoon. Senior Supt. Rolly Octavio, city police director, identified the slain suspect as Abdul Ambolinog, of Purok Tuka-intan, Barangay… Read More
Iliganon family remembers tragedy 7 years after ‘Sendong’
December 20, 2018, 4:53 pm
Employees of the local government unit of Iligan City offer flowers and candles at the Sendong Memorial Wall to remember the dead and the missing residents on Monday (December 17). (Photo by Divina M. Suson) … Read More
ICC-CABCOM okays PH-KOREA project facility
December 20, 2018, 4:32 pm
MANILA – The National Economic and Development Authority Board - Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee (ICC-CabCom) approved for NEDA Board confirmation, two new projects and changes in two previously-approved ones. The ICC-CabCom also confirmed the Rate of Return (RoR) for one… Read More
Qatar seeks to boost ties with PH
December 20, 2018, 4:31 pm
MANILA -- The Qatari government is intent on increasing its bilateral cooperation with the Philippines as it looks into signing 10 more partnership agreements with the country. In its primer on the Qatar-Philippines relations, the Qatari Embassy in Manila recently listed the "agreement expected to… Read More
PH growth prospects "remain favorable": Fitch Ratings
December 20, 2018, 4:29 pm
MANILA -- International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed the country’s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) at ‘BBB’ with a stable outlook. Fitch Ratings said growth prospects in the Philippines remain favorable as it maintains its gross domestic product… Read More
Palace finds UN Rapporteur's call ‘irresponsible'
December 20, 2018, 4:29 pm
MANILA – Malacañang on Thursday slammed United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) Michel Forst for his "irresponsible" call to end all the alleged forms of violence against human rights defenders. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Forst’s recent call “is not only… Read More
First tourism e-Kiosk launched in Legazpi City
December 20, 2018, 4:25 pm
LEGAZPI CITY -- The city government here has put up an electronic information machine for use of foreign and local visitors who may want to know about the different tourism attractions and activities in the city, Mayor Noel E. Rosal said in an interview on Thursday. Rosal and Benjamin Santiago,… Read More
No special treatment for 4 Chinese drug convicts
December 20, 2018, 4:25 pm
MANILA -- There will be no special treatment for the four Chinese drug convicts tagged in the operation of a floating shabu laboratory in Subic in Olongapo City, Malacañang said on Thursday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this remark after the four Chinese nationals --Win Fai Lo,… Read More
No urgency in resolving Fox appeal: DOJ
December 20, 2018, 4:20 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday said it is not in a hurry to resolve the appeal of activist Patricia Fox to be allowed back to the country. "The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently received the Memorandum filed by Sister Patricia Fox . Because of this and considering… Read More
Comelec mulls extension of source code review period
December 20, 2018, 4:12 pm
MANILA -- Interested groups still have a chance to conduct a review of the source code of the automated election system (AES) to be used in the May 13, 2019 National and Local Elections (NLE), as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to extend the review period. “The review committee… Read More
NBI nabs 12 Chinese nationals for illegal online gambling
December 20, 2018, 4:08 pm
MANILA -- A dozen Chinese nationals were the latest to fall in the government's crackdown on operators of illegal online gambling, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) announced Thursday. In a press briefing, NBI Director Dante A. Gierran identified them as Chen Ya Ting, Chen Chengang, Sun… Read More
Bank fraudster nabbed in Manila
December 20, 2018, 4:07 pm
MANILA -- A 31-year-old college dropout who stole details of bank account holders by putting up a fake website using a real bank's trademark and name has been arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Operatives of the NBI Cybercrime Division (NBI-CCD) arrested Kli Ban Agarrado in… Read More
Western Visayas sees achieving 2018 tourist arrivals target
December 20, 2018, 4:07 pm
BACOLOD CITY -- Western Visayas (Region 6) continues to attract tourists this year despite the six-month closure of Boracay Island and is optimistic to reach its tourist arrivals target by the end of 2018. Regional Director Helen Catalbas of the Department of Tourism (DOT)-6 said on Wednesday that… Read More
Andaya wants to ask DBM chief on budget 'insertion' issue
December 20, 2018, 4:07 pm
MANILA -- House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. on Thursday said he wants Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Benjamin Diokno to address the supposed anomalies concerning the PHP75-billion insertion for infrastructure funding in the proposed 2019 national budget. In a statement,… Read More
Palace hails report on PH as Asia's most gender-equal nation
December 20, 2018, 3:58 pm
MANILA -- Malacañang on Thursday welcomed a report that the Philippines remains the top country in Asia with the narrowest gender gap between men and women. “The Palace welcomes the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Global Gender Gap Index, placing the Philippines as the most gender-equal nation… Read More
Leyte folks savor Christmas spirit of giving
December 20, 2018, 3:56 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – The spirit of giving this Christmas is very alive among Leyte folks, from bringing cheers to flood victims to singing Christmas carols to poor families. Moved by photographs of flood devastation in the town of Jipapad, Eastern Samar, Tacloban-based media workers conceptualized a… Read More
