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According to Justice Secretary Leila De Lima, the Palace may release the list of inmates who will receive executive clemency this week, after the deliberations of the Office of the President. Said pardon will be given to inmates who are suffering from illnesses and those who were abandoned by their families. The Bureau of Corrections earlier said that around 200 inmates will be given pardon.
Motorists woke up to good news as another round of rollbacks lower petroleum prices by one peso.
President Benigno Aquino III said that it was still ‘the right thing to do even if it is unpopular’, responding to criticism that the imposition of train fare hikes was “treacherous and deceitful,” adding that those opposing the spikes just want to look “cute” to the public. “The decision is not popular, but I do not want to be part of the problem where we do not increase the rates and leave it up to St. […]
The U.S. Department of State has included the Philippines, particularly Mindanao, in its update of its Worldwide Caution against the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence all over the world, it announced over the weekend. The state department posted the five-page global terror alert on its website to replace the last Worldwide Caution it issued last October, but this time the Philippines merited three of the four paragraphs it dedicated to the security situation […]
The country recorded high export records in November 2014, mainly due to electronics shipment.
The Department of Labor and Employment reminded employers to follow the proper holiday pay rules due to the declaration of special non-working holiday in Metro Manila on January 15, 16 and 19.
The Department of Labor and Employment, together with the Philippine Normal University, is going to offer refresher courses for OFWs interested to become public school teachers.
The Senate is pushing for the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) before the end of February.
The STI Group is asking the Benitez Group to turnover the land where the Philippine Women’s University – Jose Abad Santos Memorial School stands, with plans to convert it to a condominium or mall, an act protested by the parents’ association of said school.
A Cebu Pacific plane was forced to return to NAIA when it suffered a bird strike.
Due to bad weather, nine domestic flights were cancelled.
Ever since the implementation of the citizens’ arrest ordinance, incidents of crime decreased in Quezon City.
