Day: August 21, 2024
ACG nabs man for online sale of minors’ sexual content
MANILA: Police authorities arrested a man involved in the production and sale of videos of sexually abused minors.
In a report on Wednesday, Philippine National
P2.8-M bill deposits returned to qualified city consumers
ILOILO CITY: The distribution utility in this city has released PHP2.8 million in refunds to 685 eligible customers since it started returning bill deposits in
PAOCC on Guo’s exit: ‘Somebody dropped the ball’
MANILA: The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) is convinced that ‘somebody dropped the ball’ that allowed dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo to leave the country
Fuel surcharge down to Level 5 for Sept.
MANILA: Fuel surcharge for September will be back to Level 5, down one notch from Level 6 implemented in August.
Under Level 5, the fuel
Guv vows ‘stronger Cebu’ tag to benefit constituents
CEBU CITY: Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia vowed to translate Cebu’s position as the richest province to more projects that will benefit its constituents.
Garcia opened
Brazil FM to ink 3 deals in PH visit
MANILA: Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira is set witness the signing of three bilateral agreements in the Philippines, including one on education, when he goes
2 suspects yield P6.8-M shabu in Cotabato City
COTABATO CITY: Anti-narcotics agents arrested two men allegedly engaged in the illegal drug trade and seized from them PHP6.8 million worth of ‘shabu’ during a
World’s oldest person dies at 117 in Spain
ISTANBUL: Maria Branyas, the world’s oldest person, died on Monday at the age of 117, media reports said Tuesday.
Born on March 4, 1907, in
DBM bucks e-sabong revival to recover revenue loss from POGO ban
MANILA: Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on Wednesday thumbed down the proposal to revive e-sabong (online cockfighting) to replace foregone revenues due to the total ban
Veteran disability pension rises to P10K – PVAO
DAVAO CITY: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration increased the disability pension of veterans to PHP10,000 from PHP1,700 monthly in November last year, according to the