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‘GREY LIST’ GAB. President Marcos (seated, third from left) presides over the sectoral meeting on the status of the Philippines in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list on Tuesday at the State Dining Hall of Malacañang Palace. PCO Photo The Philippines aims to exit the Financial Action Task …
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Foreign envoys upbeat on closer ties with PH in 2024
The ambassadors of the United States, Japan, European Union, and China to the Philippines are hoping for new opportunities for collaboration and closer ties as the country rings in the new year on Monday, Jan. 1. (Photo from US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlon via X) In a post …
Read More »PH fire incidents decrease in December 2023- BFP
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported on Monday, Jan. 1, a slight drop of fire incidents in the country in December 2023. From 1,090 in December 2022, the BFP data stated that it went down to 1.024 in December 2023. In a GMA News report, BFP spokesperson Supt. Analee …
Read More »Yellow cards of residents in EMBO barangays no longer valid starting Jan. 1 – Makati gov’t
The Makati City government has announced that the yellows cards of residents living in the 10 Enlisted Men’s Barrio (EMBO) villages (which are now part of Taguig City based on the Supreme Court ruling) will no longer be valid starting Monday, Jan. 1. The yellow cards were given by the …
Read More »PHL expresses solidarity with Japan following strong earthquake
No Filipino hurt or killed, PHL gov’t says This aerial photo provided by Jiji Press shows a rescue vehicle (C) parked next to a seven-storey building which fell over in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture on January 2, 2024, a day after a major earthquake struck the Noto region. (Photo by Jiji …
Read More »PHL expresses solidarity with Japan following strong quake
No Filipino hurt or killed, PHL gov’t says A building collapses in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 1, 2024. (Photo by Yusuke Fukuhara / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP) (Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos on Tuesday, Jan. 2, expressed solidarity with Japan after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit Ishikawa prefecture on …
Read More »AMLC eyes PHL exit from FATF ‘gray list’ in 2024
AMLC briefing on Tuesday, Jan. 2./PCO/ (Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has directed the Anti-Money Laundering Council and all concerned agencies to address the strategic deficiencies that would lead to the removal of the Philippines from the global money laundering “gray list” in 2024. This is according to AMLC Executive Director …
Read More »PUVs see program loophole
FIGHT AGAINST JEEPNEY MODERNIZATION GOES ON. Members of the Transport group PISTON and the No To PUV Phaseout Coalition press their demand for the government to scrap the mandatory franchise consolidation set to end on Dec.31, 2023 as a precondition to the jeepney modernization which they described as ‘flawed, anti-poor, …
Read More »7.5 magnitude quake in central Japan spawns meter-high tsunamis
BIG TEMBLOR. This map of Japan pinpoints the epicenter of a 7.5-magnitude earthquake on Jan. 1. Below shows an image taken in Hong Kong that shows a warning message on a screen from a live feed on NHK World, asking people to evacuate from the area after the earthquake hit …
Read More »Marcos extends New Year wishes, commits to ‘build better and more’
WORTH A SMILE. President Marcos Jr. smiles as he answers questions from the media on the last day of the ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation Commemorative Summit in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday. With Speaker Martin Romualdez (below, seated third from left) and some Cabinet members, Mr. Marcos reported receiving P14.5 billion …
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