Sol-Gen threatens libel case vs Trillanes
SOLICITOR-GENERAL Jose C. Calida, in a statement on Thursday, threatened to file a libel case against opposition Sen. Antonio F. Trillanes IV unless the senator apologizes for claiming that Mr. Calida “stole” his amnesty application form at the Armed Forces of the Philippines headquarters.
DFA to shorten passport processing
THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will shorten the waiting time for passport releases to 12 working days from the original 15 for regular processing and six working days from seven for express processing in Metro Manila, starting Oct. 1.
State of calamity declared in Ompong-hit regions
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has declared a state of calamity in Regions I, II, III, and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) due to “widespread destruction, substantial damage and deaths” caused by Typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut).
Determined
Members of the search, rescue and retrieval operations at the landslide site in Barangay Ucab, Itogon, Benguet, in this photo taken on Sept. 26, day 11 after the calamity, express their determination to locate all the victims.
W. Visayas tourism frontliners learn Mandarin as DoT sees 1.5M Chinese visitors in 2019
FRONTLINERS of the Department of Tourism-Western Visayas (DoT-6) are undergoing training in Mandarin language as the region anticipates up to 300,000 Chinese visitors next year out of the 1.5 million expected nationwide.
NBI-7 making the rounds to check on rice hoarding
A TOP official of the National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI)-7) has confirmed that they are going around the region to investigate possible rice hoarding.
Ex-BoC officer Guban detained for contempt
A JOINT panel in the House of Representatives on Thursday cited for contempt former customs intelligence officer Jimmy S. Guban over conflicting statements during...
DoE gears up for geothermal energy exploration in Davao Oriental
THE DEPARTMENT of Energy (DoE) is undertaking a study on the potential of the Mati-Lupon-Tarragona geothermal field in Davao Oriental, officials announced on Sept. 25 during an information forum held in the provincial capital, Mati City.
Street food, bazaar opens Sept. 29 ahead of Zamboanga’s Hermosa Festival
THE SMOKE Out Zamboanga and Grand Midnight Sale along RT Lim Boulevard starts on Saturday, Sept. 29, to kick off Zamboanga City’s annual Hermosa Festival.
Nation at a Glance — (09/28/18)
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PET grants 25% shading threshold in VP recount
THE SUPREME COURT, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has granted an appeal by Vice-President Maria Leonor G. Robredo to lower the ballot shading threshold from 50% to 25% in the manual recount of votes for the 2016 vice-presidential contest.
Red October plot a fantasy from Tom Clancy — Senator
SENATORS ON Wednesday weighed in on an alleged “Red October” destabilization plot involving the political opposition, with the minority leader dismissing the alleged plot as a “fantasy tale taken from a Tom Clancy thriller.”