[ad_1] Rocker and radio host Ramón “RJ” Jacinto, shown in this 2015 photo with Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, is now the president’s telecommunications advisor. FILE PHOTO FOR CONSULTATION MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang announced Wednesday the appointment of radio musician and jockey Ramon Pereyra Jacinto as telecommunications advisor to President …
Read More »CBCP Sets Guidelines for ‘Simbang Gabi’ Amid COVID-19
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The coronavirus pandemic may have disrupted everyday life for Filipinos, but it cannot help but slow down the Christmas spirit for Filipinos. In accordance with public health protocols that are being implemented to stop the spread of the virus, the Philippine Conference of Catholic Bishops (CBCP) …
Read More »Japan to allow large-scale foreign visitors to Tokyo Nikkei Games
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask walks past a large sign with the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games mascot Miraitowa amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan on 4 June 2020. REUTERS / Kim Kyung-Hoon TOKYO —Japan aims to allow large numbers of foreign visitors to …
Read More »‘Lots of losers:’ Lacson asked for a red label investigation as a ‘witch hunt’
[ad_1] Senator Panfilo Lacson. FILE PHOTO / Albert Calvelo of the PRIB Senate MANILA, Philippines – Senator Panfilo Lacson did not mince words when he struck the Makabayan bloc after one of its members branded the Senate investigation into red-labeling a “witch hunt.” “Just because they can’t have it themselves, …
Read More »House panel passes bill seeking tougher penalties for wildlife abuse
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – A House committee approved a measure that seeks to impose tougher penalties on the exploitation and abuse of wildlife in the country. The House Committee on Natural Resources approved a consolidated bill of the five bills presented in the lower house that call for the conservation …
Read More »With P25M on daily COVID-19 tests, PhilHealth’s PRC debt rises to P623M
[ad_1] A Red Cross worker takes a swab sample from a patient at the Philippine Red Cross laboratory in Mandaluyong City in April. —PHOTO APPLICANT MANILA, Philippines – With tests for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) reaching $ 25 million per day, the state insurer’s …
Read More »Double trouble | Sports Inquirer
[ad_1] Japeth Aguilar throws the dagger of an assist from LA Tenorio during overtime. —PHOTOS COURTESY OF PBA IMAGES Very few teams go too high or too low on Game 1 of a seven-game championship series, unless that game hits a double hit. That’s exactly what happened to TNT, which …
Read More »House of Representatives passes a bill that increases the age of rape offenses from 12 to less than 16
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday in its third and final reading that increases the age for determining rape from 12 to under 16. With 207 affirmative votes, three negative votes and no abstention, the legislators approved the House Bill No. 7836, which …
Read More »Travelers to Iceland do not have to quarantine or get tested if they have had COVID-19
[ad_1] (CNN) – Travelers wishing to enter Iceland will be able to do so without going into quarantine or taking a test if they have already contracted and recovered from the coronavirus. As of December 10, those entering the country will be exempt from the mandatory quarantine and detection requirements …
Read More »Factory production improves as export demand begins to rebound
[ad_1] Manufacturing still contracted in November but has improved compared to the previous month as export demand began to rebound from a slump, London-based IHS Markit Ltd. said on Tuesday. The latest IHS Markit Purchasing Managers Index showed PMI rose to 49.9 last month from 48.5 in October, though still …
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