Filipinos looking to take out loans for major expenses can find some relief, as the Department of Finance (DOF) expects that interest rates are likely to remain steady or even decrease in the latter half of the year. On the sidelines of the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s National Tax Campaign …
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Scrapping jail time for libel cases vs journalists proposed
A student holds a placard during a protest at the state university grounds in Manila on February 14, 2019, in support of CEO of Rappler, Maria Ressa, who was arrested a day earlier for cyber libel case. Ressa was freed on bail on February 14 following an arrest that sparked …
Read More »DFA ordered to cancel expelled solon Arnie Teves’ passport
This screengrab shows of Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. (Facebook / Congressman Arnie A. Teves) MANILA, Philippines — A Manila court ordered the immediate suspension of the passport of expelled lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr. In a resolution dated February 8, Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 51 ordered the Department of Foreign Affairs …
Read More »More payout for unpaid Saudi OFWs expected in few weeks: DMW
(PNA file photo) MANILA – The Department of Migrant Workers is expecting more payout and encashment of checks for displaced Saudi Arabia overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) with unpaid wages in the coming weeks. In a press release on Friday, DMW officer-in-charge Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac said about 300 checks from the …
Read More »Baguio Filipino-Chinese community holds Chinese New Year gift-giving
BAGUIO CITY – The Filipino-Chinese community celebrated the Chinese New Year by distributing bags of groceries to indigent families in Barangays Ambiong and San Antonio Village here on Friday, February 9. THE Filipino-Chinese Community Group conducts its annual gift-giving activity in celebration of Chinese New Year at Dona Aurora Elementary …
Read More »VP Sara visits landslide victims in Davao
DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Z. Duterte visited on Friday, February 9, landslide victims in Davao de Oro province. VICE President Sara Duterte visits landslide victims in Davao de Oro on Friday, February 9. (Inday Sara Duterte FB) Duterte first visited Barangay Masara in Maco and sympathized with the …
Read More »SWS: More Filipinos support ICC probe of ‘war on drugs’
More than half of Filipinos support the ongoing investigation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the previous administration’s campaign against illegal drugs, according to a survey conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS). The survey held from Dec. 8 to 11 found that 53 percent of the respondents agree with …
Read More »Philippines’ ICC cooperation may include issuance of arrest warrant — Carpio
This photo shows a picture of former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio./Miguel de Guzman MANILA, Philippines — Former Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said that the government’s issuance of an arrest warrant for former President Rodrigo Duterte could be a form of cooperation with the International Criminal …
Read More »‘Doomed to fail’: Marcos appeals to stop calls for Mindanao secession
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks in this undated photo./Office of the Press Secretary MANILA, Philippines — The calls for an independent Mindanao separate from the Philippines is a “constitutional travesty” that is “anchored on a false premise,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday. In a speech at “Constitution Day” …
Read More »Rescuers use bare hands to search for Philippine landslide survivors
PCO photo Manila, Philippines—Rescuers used their bare hands and shovels to dig through mud on Thursday in a desperate search for survivors of a landslide in the Philippines as the number of missing nearly doubled to 90, an official said. Two days after the rain-induced landslide hit the mountainous gold-mining …
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