Suspended Bureau of Corrections chief Gerald Bantag attends the preliminary investigation for the murder case of broadcaster Percy Lapid at the Department of Justice on December 5, 2022. (STAR/KJ Rosales) MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman on Friday junked the murder and grave misconduct complaints of suspended Bureau …
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NEW AFP PAO CHIEF. Col. Xerxes Trinidad (right) and Lt. Col. Enrico Gil Ileto (left), the incoming and outgoing chiefs of the AFP Public Affairs Office, respectively, shake hands during the turnover rites in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Friday (Oct. 27, 2023). Trinidad served as Army spokesperson before being named …
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AGRICULTURAL FACILITIES. Governor Nilo Demerey Jr. (center) leads the inspection and turnover of newly renovated agricultural facilities and a farm implement to the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist in Dinagat Islands on Thursday (Oct. 26, 2023). The facilities, worth more than PHP7 million, are expected to help boost the agriculture production …
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The national government is looking for other funding sources to bankroll its big-ticket transport infrastructure projects after China’s interest to finance them apparently waned, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista confirmed that the department is currently finding other lending sources after three DOTr projects — the …
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The Board of Investments (BOI) has already breached the P1-trillion investment level as of October this year, said Trade and Industry Secretary and BOI Chairman Alfredo E. Pascual With this accomplishment, Pascual told reporters in a chance interview at the opening of the Philippine Franchise Asia and Expo on Friday, …
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This photo shows the mastermind of the “pork barrel scam” Janet Lim-Napoles. MANILA, Philippines — Pork barrel mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles has been found guilty yet again, this time for her involvement in the misappropriation of the Priority Development Assistance Funds (PDAF) of a former lawmaker. The SandiganBayan on Friday convicted Napoles of …
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(Photo courtesy of DA Facebook page) MANILA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) has invited Italian private businesses to invest in the Philippines through modernizing agricultural facilities. In a statement Friday, DA Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban said among the country’s interests are in smart agriculture technologies, scaled-up mechanization, commercial scale-oriented technologies, …
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The schedule of the policy, also called the unified vehicular volume reduction program or UVVRP, will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Philstar.com/Irra Lising) MANILA, Philippines — The number coding scheme imposed on major roads in Metro Manila before the COVID-19 pandemic will be reinstated anytime soon, according to …
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More Filipinos—now numbering 113–want to leave Lebanon amid the escalating tensions there between Israel and Islamist group Hezbollah, a known ally of Palestinian militant group Hamas, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday, Oct. 26. Israeli soldiers gather near Merkava tanks as they man a …
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A crew member of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) signals as the aircraft carrier sails in the Philippine Sea on Oct. 25, 2023. (Photo by Martin A. Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) LUZON STRAIT, Philippine Sea – Days after the collision of Filipino and Chinese vessels in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, …
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