Businessman Roberto Ongpin attended the Senate hearing regarding alleged anomalous deals with Alphaland and the Boys Scout of the Philippines (BSP).
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More than 500 army trucks have fake registration
According to the Commission on Audit (COA), more than 500 trucks belonging to the Philippine Army have fake registration.
DOE warns of brown-out this summer season
According to Department of Energy Secretary (DOE) Jericho Petilla, Luzon may experience two-hour rotating brownouts due to shortage in the power supply and higher demands for electricity this summer.
Congress probe on Mamasapano shuts down
Lawmakers and militant groups from the opposition have accused Congress the other day of covering up the role of President Benigno Aquino III in the ill-fated Mamasapano raid in which 44 police commandos were slaughtered, after the House abruptly suspended hearings and the Senate went into a closed-door session on the massacre. Fears of a whitewash grew intense after hearings in the Senate and the House came closer to the conclusion that resigned police chief […]
Oil and power rates to increase
Another oil price hike will be experienced over the next few weeks by major oil companies. Initial reports said that the increase of oil prices will once again hit up to PHP 1.40 and PHP 1.50 per liter of gasoline and diesel due to the price hike demand on every barrel of oil in the global market. The first major increase of the year for gasoline and diesel has only occurred last Monday that jack […]
Gov’t temporarily bans poultry products from US, Israel
QUEZON CITY, PIA- To protect Filipino consumers, the Philippines’ Department of Agriculture (DA) has issued a temporary ban on poultry meat and eggs coming from the US’s Oregon State, and Haifa, Israel, the agency announced over the weekend. “The Philippine government put a temporary ban on the import of domestic and wild birds and their products coming from Oregon, USA, as a precautionary measure against Avian Flu,” DA Secretary Proceso Alcala said in a statement, […]
Gov’t intensifies efforts to prevent spread of MERS-CoV
MANILA, PIA- The government intensifies the monitoring of airports, seaports and other points of entry to prevent the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the country, the Palace said on Sunday. In a radio interview, Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. of the Presidential Communications Operations Office said that based on the latest reports of the Department of Health (DOH) there is only one confirmed case of MERS-CoV in the country–the Filipino nurse who […]
New Mr International will remain a cop
The new “Mister International” Neil Perez said that he would remain as a bomb technician of the Philippine National Police (PNP).
MILF and BIFF clash forces residents to flee
A territorial dispute between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) resulted in a violent clash which forced the residents of a municipality in north Cotabato to flee.
Joint Congressional hearing regarding Mamasapano incident, proposed
House majority leader, Neptali Gonzales is proposing a single body to investigate the Mamasapano incident wherein all government agencies will join forces to avoid confusion.
Situation in Mamasapano, back to normal
According to the mayor of Mamasapano, residents of said municipality have returned to their homes and the situation is back to normal.
Another looming increase on petroleum prices
Expect another round of increase in the price of petroleum products, ranging from one peso and forty centavos to one peso and fifty-five centavos.
