Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Romeo Lumagui, Jr. announced on Friday they have formally opened an investigation into possible tax evasion charges against Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and her companies. In a press statement, Lumagui said he has ordered BIR personnel to look into the names and entities mentioned …
Read More »Soldiers capture wounded NPA rebel in Kalinga
BALBALAN, Kalinga – Soldiers captured on June 6 a wounded New People’s Army rebel following an encounter in Sitio Saleng, Barangay Balantoy, this town, on May 31. A NEW People’s Army rebel wounded in an encounter in Balbalan, Kalinga is taken to a hospital after he was captured by government …
Read More »MMDA announces road closures for Independence Day celebrations
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will enforce temporary road closures in Manila for the 126th Philippine Independence Day celebration on June 12. The following roads will be closed to vehicular traffic from 6 am to 10 am: · Roxas Boulevard– both lanes from T.M. Kalaw to P. Burgos Avenue …
Read More »Hot meals for volcano evacuees
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) sends hot meals to families affected by Mt. Kanlaon eruption in Negros Occidental. PRC chairman and CEO former senator Richard Gordon underscores the need to provide nutritious, warm food to the evacuees.HOT MEALS FOR VOLCANO EVACUEES. The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) sends hot meals to …
Read More »Philippines temporarily halts entry of poultry products from Australia due to avian flu
The Department of Agriculture (DA) temporarily banned the importation of domestic and wild birds from Australia following outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) strains H7N3 and H7N9 in Victoria. The outbreaks were reported to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) on May 23, 2024, in Meredith and on …
Read More »Another Monetary Board member quits
Anita Linda Aquino MANILA, Philippines — Another member of the Monetary Board (MB), the highest policy-making arm of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, has resigned amid the controversy over ghost employees in the BSP. Former banker Anita Linda Aquino submitted recently her resignation letter to President Marcos, a ranking BSP …
Read More »6 fishermen die as boat explodes
AT least six fishermen were killed when an explosion and a fire hit their boat at sea off the coast of the City of Naga, Cebu, coast guard officials said Thursday, adding six others were rescued. Surviving crew members, including the skipper of the FBCA King Bryan were still being …
Read More »Israel says strike on UN Gaza school killed 17 militants
Israel’s army said on Friday it had killed 17 militants the day before in an air strike on a UN school in central Gaza, raising its previous toll from nine. Thursday’s Israeli strike hit a school operated by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, in the Nuseirat area of …
Read More »Union for Canada’s border workers extends job action deadline as mediation continues
Workers at ports of entry across Canada will go about business as usual over the coming days. A strike and any job action were averted by the 4 p.m. ET Friday deadline as union leadership and the government have extended mediation until Wednesday. CIU had set deadline of 4 p.m. …
Read More »As the survivors fade into history, the world marks a D-Day anniversary like no other
The annual gathering of western leaders in Normandy is always steeped in symbolism — an occasion for the nations whose troops stormed these beaches eight decades ago to reflect on wars both past and present. The number of veterans who remember the operation that turned the tide grows smaller each …
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