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GENERATOR POWER. Residents of Iloilo City charge their phones through a generator set up at the Kerr Building in front of City Hall, while businesses did the same – as others persevered despite the dark (below) — as the city deals with a blackout throughout Panay Island that started Tuesday. …
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Pimentel to petition SC to nix P450b in unprogrammed funds
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III said he would file a petition before the Supreme Court this week to challenge as unconstitutional the additional P450 billion in unprogrammed funds in the 2024 national budget. “The target is this week, but of course, it depends …
Read More »2 dead, 20 hurt in Nueva Vizcaya road collision
ARITAO, Nueva Vizcaya – Two persons were killed and 20 were injured in a collision between a commuter van and closed van in Purok 4, Barangay Nagcuartelan, here, on Tuesday, January 2. TWO died in a two-vehicle collision in Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya on January 2. (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) Police …
Read More »Guanzon gets backlash for posting selfie with Mocha Uson; says she’s still a kakampink
Mocha Uson (left), P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon (X) A lot of kakampinks weren’t thrilled after one of their own, P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon, decided to post a selfie with controversial vlogger Mocha Uson on X. Guanzon uploaded the selfie on Tuesday, Jan. 2 along with the caption, “Happy …
Read More »PH records 5.45M int’l tourists in 2023; P480B in tourism receipts
The Philippines has logged P5.45 million international tourist arrivals last year post-Covid pandemic, the Department of Tourism (DOT) announced on Tuesday, Jan. 2. The DOT noted that this generated P480 billion in international tourism receipts. Data from the tourism department showed that 5,450,557 international visitors entered the Philippines from Jan. …
Read More »DILG tells LGUs: Strictly ban tricycles, pedicabs on major roads
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) issued a memorandum circular (MC) urging local government units (LGUs) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to enforce the prohibition of tricycles. pedicabs including motorized pedicabs along major thoroughfares. The DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2023-195 was issued after the DILG said …
Read More »Japan quake toll at 48 and rising
WORST OF QUAKE. Aerial photos provided by Jiji Press show the various damages in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture in Japan on Jan. 2 following the major 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the Noto region — a fallen seven-storey building, smoke rising from an area following a large fire, and damaged houses, …
Read More »Manibela threatens wider strike next week amid PUVMP problems
DEFIANT. Jeepney drivers and operators under the group PISTON continue their protest against the PUV modernization program at their terminal in Pasig City, two days after the Dec. 31 deadline for consolidation had passed. Manny Palmero The transport group Manibela is set to stage an even wider strike next week …
Read More »PH eyes money laundering ‘grey list’ exit this month
‘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 …
Read More »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 …
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