MANILA, Philippines- Army Lieutenant General Eduardo Año is the new Armed Forces chief of staff, replacing General Ricardo Visaya who officially retired Wednesday, December 7. While AFP vice chief Lieutenant General Glorioso Miranda will succeed Año as Army chief. Año, graduate of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 83, Año began his military service on […]
No state-sponsored killings-Senate report
MANILA, Philippines–There is no proof that there were state-sponsored killings in the Philippines, this is the conclusion of the joint committee report which earlier conducted committee hearings on the alleged Extra Judicial Killings. The report also said the committees did not find sufficient evidence that Davao Death Squad exist. The eleven senators who signed the […]
Umbrella boy
Netizens bashed Interior Secretary Mike Sueno for showing up in the peace camp at Tambler, General Santos City Wednesday December 7, with male aide carrying an umbrella to protect from the scourging heat of sun while the Lumads who waited for hours endured the midday sun. Cherry Ann Villarta said described Sueno as “nakakasua” (nauseating) […]
Change of Command
VP in Compostela Valley
Luzon to Mindanao bridge link understudy – Diokno
MANILA – The national government is studying possibility of building a bridge linking Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno is asking the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to study the the possibility of building the bridge to link the three islands. President Rodrigo Duterte earlier made public his plan to link the islands […]
Cutoms specifies legal items for Balikbayan Boxes
What is personal and what is smuggled? To avoid complications in the declaration of items contained in a balikabyan box, the Bureau of Customs draw the line. In the twitter account of the agency, it listed the following items as nontaxable and its quantities. Among the tax-free items but of limited quantities include perfumes, lipsticks, […]
OFWs will not pay terminal fee by March 2017
PHILIPPINES – Starting march 2017, returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) whose tickets were purchased abroad will no longer have to pay terminal fees. Ed Monreal, General manager of Manila International Airport Authority on Monday, November 29, that airlines have “agreed in principle” to automatically relieved OFW’s from paying terminal fees. As it is now, every […]
Alsons Dev launches model unit in Alabel
Duterte invites Trump to Visit PH in 2017
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte invited US President-elect Donald Trump to come to the Philippines in 2017. The two leaders had a “very engaging, animated” phone conversation Friday night, December2 at around 10:30pm, Philippine time. It was Duterte who made the phone call. During the talk Trump also invited Duterte to visit […]
PH Literacy rate improved starting 2010
PHILIPPINES- The literacy rate in the country has improved from persons ages 10 years and above. The National Statistics Office (NSO) reported many Filipinos can now read and write in any language in the country compared to the previous years. The 2010, statistics show of the 71.5 million individuals who are 10 years old and […]
IN PICTURES: OFW Remittance Day
Buhay OFW-Hong Kong
Spectacular! That best describes the 4th Anniversary of FRAG, an organization of brotherhood among Overseas Filipino Workers in Hongkong on November 20, 2016. The vent took place inside a posh cruise ship which the OFW’s contributed to make the event meaningful. You could have mistaken them as professional entertainers and they showed the talents inside. […]