DAVAO CITY–It’s a chocolatey weekend in the city after local cacao growers, processors and artisans opened the 5th Chocolate Festival at SM City Annex on Friday. The festival, which runs from October 19 to 21, serves as a venue for cacao growers and chocolate processors to showcase and promote their products. This year’s festival features […]
Pernia: Scheduled hike in fuel tax should push through
MANILA (October 19) — Socioeconomic Secretary Ernesto Pernia favors that the petroleum tax hike scheduled for next year push through, after the latest report on oil futures forecast a softening of oil world crude prices in 2019. “Maybe, it’s better if we don’t suspend it. We really have to study it seriously first,” he told reporters […]
Close to 800K Pinoys affected by Facebook data breach
MANILA — The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has ordered Facebook to provide notifications to more than 700,000 Filipino users, whose personal information were affected by a data breach last September. In its order Thursday, the privacy watchdog said the social media firm must provide identity theft insurance for affected Filipino data subjects or establish a […]
Family planning bolsters economic, social success: UN
MANILA (October 18)– Effective family planning is key to a country’s economic and social development, an official of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said Wednesday. “Economic progress will arise if couples have the power to choose having fewer children,” UNFPA Country Representative Iori Kato said in a press briefing in Pasay City. Citing the State […]
PAL’s nonstop Manila-New York flights begin Oct. 29
MANILA — Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) on Wednesday announced that its direct flights between Manila and New York will begin on October 29. “Tourists and balikbayans based in the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut states will now find it easier and more convenient to visit the Philippines,” spokesperson Cielo Villaluna said on a […]
NHA assures relocation site for 99 informal settler families
BAGUIO CITY – The National Housing Authority (NHA) has assured a decent relocation site for at least 99 informal settler families, who had to move out of the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) compound to give way to its expansion. “I assure you that under President (Rodrigo) Duterte’s administration, resettlement housing will be […]
Presidential Son Baste Duterte files COC for vice mayor
DAVAO CITY – Sebastian Duterte, the President’s third child with his former wife Elizabeth Zimmerman, decided to throw his hat into politics. On Wednesday, 29-year old Sebastian filed his certificate of candidacy for the vice mayoralty race. Sebastian was accompanied by his sister and Mayor Sara Duterte in filing his COC at the city Comelec […]
Roque files Senate bid; hopes to get PRRD endorsement
MANILA — Former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque is hoping to get the endorsement of President Rodrigo Duterte in his bid for a Senate seat in the 2019 mid-term elections. This, after the former government official on Wednesday filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) main office in Manila. “Sana po […]
Cop on ‘narco list’ slain in SoCot drug bust
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A policeman on President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s “narco list” was reportedly killed in a shootout with anti-drug operatives in Polomolok town of South Cotabato on Monday afternoon. Chief Supt. Eliseo Tam Rasco, regional director of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-12, identified the slain suspect as Police Officer 2 Ernie Mahumot Sagabay, […]
92,000 migratory birds documented in Sarangani
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (October 16)– Around 92,000 migratory raptors flocked and took temporary refuge for at least three weeks in the last two months at an emerging sanctuary in the coastal municipality of Glan, Sarangani province. Cornelio Ramirez Jr., executive director of the Sarangani Environmental Conservation and Protection Center (ECPC), said Monday the raptors were spotted […]
CDO wins ICT award for PWD online enlistment system
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY–This city placed second in a national competition among local governments that have already integrated Information Communication Technology (ICT) in government services. The “eGov Awards” recognized the city’s innovative “Persons With Disabilities (PWD) Online ID Registration” system, said Jong Pamisa, PWD online ID registration head, who received the award on October 12 […]
ACTS-OFW files another set of nominees
MANILA – Other members of the ACTS-OFW party-list on Monday challenged the nomination of Rep. Aniceto Bertiz after it filed another set of Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance (CONA) before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Manila. Bertiz had been the center of controversy in the past weeks due to a security row with airport […]
Nobody can use gov’t resources, not even Bong: Duterte
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday assured that nobody, including Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, can use government resources during the election campaign. Duterte made this assurance as he also appealed to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) not to get involved in […]