CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY–Environmental group EcoWaste Coalition has welcomed the agreement reached by the governments of the Philippines and South Korea for the repatriation of 5,177 tons of wastes. In a statement Saturday, EcoWaste National Coordinator Aileen Lucero lauded the firm stand of Customs and Environmental officials in Northern Mindanao to have the wastes shipped back […]
DOJ places Kapa execs under immigration watchlist
MANILA–Incorporators and officers of Kapa Community International Ministry International Inc. and three officers of Alabel Maasim Credit Cooperative (Alamcco) have been placed on the immigration watchlist, an official of the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Friday. In a statement, Justice Undersecretary and spokesperson Markk Perete said Secretary of Justice Menardo Guevarra has asked the Bureau […]
S. Korean officials to meet with gov’t panel on waste shipment
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Representatives of the South Korean government are scheduled to meet Filipino officials and private sector representatives Thursday morning (June 13) at the Phividec Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental Province, where the remaining 5,000 metric ton wastes have yet to be sent back. Misamis Oriental 2nd District Rep. Juliette Uy said she […]
PNP-12 warns illegal investment operators anew
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The Police Regional Office (PRO) 12 (Soccsksargen) on Thursday warned various entities and individuals operating illegal investment schemes to stop their activities or face the “full force of the law”. The police issued the warning in the wake of the ongoing crackdown by the national government against various pyramiding or Ponzi-like investment schemes […]
3 women with four minors yield P1.3-M shabu in Cotabato City buy-bust
COTABATO CITY – Three women, with four minor children in tow, were arrested by anti-narcotics operatives after they handed over 200 grams of shabu to a poseur-buyer during a drug buy-bust operation here Wednesday morning. Director Juvenal Azurin of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) identified the suspects as Raihana M. […]
10 arrested for disrupting Independence Day rites
KAWIT, Cavite — Police operatives here arrested 10 suspects, including 3 minors, who were in the act of disrupting the 121st Independence Day celebration at the Aguinaldo Shrine, in Kaingen village here at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. In a spot report from Kawit Municipal Police Station sent to the PNA, policemen from various units arrested 10 suspects […]
Army discovers BIFF gun factory in Maguindanao
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao — Joint military and police personnel stumbled upon a gun factory in General Salipada K. Pendatun, Maguindanao as they were to serve a warrant against a wanted person in the area Tuesday. Acting on a tip from civilians, the arresting team swooped down on the pinpointed safe house of Sukarno Buka, a sub-leader […]
200 foreign traders to join Davao investment conference
DAVAO CITY — Around 200 foreign investors have already confirmed their attendance to the 5th Davao Investment Conference (Davao ICon) slated on June 20. John Carlo Tria, executive vice president of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII) bared this Tuesday, saying the number is increasing and that the total number of domestic […]
NoCot acquires P300-M new heavy equipment
KIDAPAWAN CITY – The North Cotabato provincial government said it hopes to boost infrastructure projects with the acquisition of more than PHP304.5-million worth of brand-new road building equipment. North Cotabato Governor Emmylou Mendoza said Tuesday the equipment was turned over to the Provincial Engineering Office (PEO) on June 7. The new fleet of heavy equipment included […]
CAAP ready for Qatar Airways inaugural flight to Davao
DAVAO CITY – The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) here is all set for the inaugural flight of Qatar Airways for its Doha–Davao route on June 18. “So far we are on target for the inaugural flight of Qatar Airways on June 18, but its regular flight will start on June 21st, every Friday,” […]
NoCot guv-elect vows to finish M’lang airport
COTABATO CITY – Incoming North Cotabato Governor Nancy Catamco said Thursday the completion and operation of the mothballed Central Mindanao Airport (CMA) in M’lang, North Cotabato will be one of her priorities. Catamco, an outgoing member of House of Representatives representing North Cotabato’s first district, won in last month’s election against Mayor Roger Taliño of Carmen, […]
Duterte ‘working on’ salary hike for teachers
MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte is “working on” a promised salary hike for teachers, Malacañang said on Monday, assuring educators that economic managers are already looking for sources of funding. “The President is working on that. And hopefully that can be responded to. Our economic managers are doing everything to see how things can be done,” […]
Duterte certifies mandatory ROTC bill as urgent
MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte has certified as urgent a bill mandating Grades 11 and 12 in public and private schools to undergo mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Monday confirmed to reporters in a text message that Duterte has indeed certified the ROTC bill as urgent just four days before […]