[ad_1] A police sergeant, labeled by his colleagues as the leader of an arms trafficking gang, was arrested along with a partner in a raid operation Saturday night in the city of Parañaque. Police General Debold Sinas, chief of the Philippine National Police, on Sunday identified the police sergeant as …
Read More »The government collects P 162.8B from the fuel marking program
[ad_1] The government has already collected P162.8 billion in consumption taxes and import duties applied to oil, since all the inventory in the country has been marked with fuel, said Finance Secretary Carlos Domínguez III. “Our goal is to have 100 percent of the fuel oil inventory checked at any …
Read More »The government wants the Makabayan bloc to leave the Chamber to weaken its rivals
[ad_1] The Secretary of Defense, Delfín Lorenzana. PHOTO DND (File) MANILA, Philippines – The Duterte government wants the Makabayan bloc removed from the House of Representatives to “disable” its machinery to campaign for the opposition in the 2022 elections, progressive lawmakers said Sunday. His comments came after Defense Secretary Delfin …
Read More »3 of 4 honey brands in fake PH, study says
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Attention Consumers: It may not be real honey you are buying. Researchers at the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology have found that at least three of the four brands of honey sold in the Philippines are either not pure …
Read More »Historic US vaccine campaign begins with first shipments ‘delivering hope’ to millions
[ad_1] The temperature gauge on the door of a special freezer to contain Pfizer vaccine is displayed at LAC USC Medical Center during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Los Angeles, California, USA, December 10 2020. REUTERS / Mike Blake LOS ANGELES – The first shipments of the COVID-19 …
Read More »No more cuts in monetary policy rates have been seen this year
[ad_1] After cutting the policy rate by a cumulative 200 basis points (bp) to a record low of 2 percent this year to keep the economy afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bangko Sentral is expected to ng Pilipinas (BSP) will stop further easing during their last monetary policy meeting …
Read More »Elevated train to link 3 Naia terminals
[ad_1] Construction and engineering firm Megawide Construction Corp. has committed to building a 5-kilometer elevated railway that will link the three terminals of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia), a feature required by the government to consider granting a 25-year concession to a proponent from the private sector. . Megawide, …
Read More »Solve NLEx Traffic Clutter, DILG Chief Urges Executives
[ad_1] GO BACK TO THE OLD NORMAL The North Luzon Expressway-Balintawak Toll Plaza has opened cash lines following electronic toll collection failures. —CHILD JESUS ORBETA MANILA, Philippines – Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Sunday urged local Valenzuela city officials and executives from the toll road operator on the North Luzon …
Read More »‘Domingo Bambinelli’ | ABS-CBN News
[ad_1] MULTIMEDIA Vincenzo Pinto, AFP Published in Dec 14 2020 12:31 A nun holds a figure of the Infant Jesus at the end of the Pope’s weekly Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on the third Sunday of Advent Sunday. The third Sunday of Advent has been …
Read More »At least 27 killed in Niger in attack on Boko Haram
[ad_1] NIAMEY, Niger – Jihadists from the Boko Haram group killed at least 27 people in an attack of “unprecedented savagery” in southeastern Niger, local officials said Sunday. Other people were injured and some more went missing in Saturday night’s assault on the village of Toumour in the Diffa region, …
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