PACC: DPWH, Congress among most corrupt
THE DEPARTMENT of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) led government agencies with the most number of corruption complaints, the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) said on Thursday.
Campuses express outrage at being linked to Reds
UNIVERSITIES tagged as being among the recruitment grounds for communist rebels have criticized the military in separate statements.
Election preparations underway ahead of deadline of candidacies
PREPARATIONS for next year’s midterm elections are underway a week before the deadline period for the filing of candidacies.
Arroyo to economic managers: Act ‘faster’ on inflation
HOUSE Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday urged the government’s economic managers to work “faster” in addressing inflation.
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OFW group files misconduct, human trafficking complaints vs Bertiz
MIGRANTE INTERNATIONAL, an alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), filed complaints on Thursday before the House...
4 more communications vs Duterte filed at ICC — CHR
AT LEAST four more “confidential communications” about President Rodrigo Duterte’s ferocious war on drugs have been filed before the International Criminal Court, Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chief Jose Luis Martin “Chito” C. Gascon said. Mr. Gascon said that these communications were filed as early as 2016.
Morong Aytas declare 6,600 hectares of ancestral land as conservation zones
MARKING THE start of this year’s National Indigenous Peoples Month, the Magbukun Ayta Indigenous Peoples (IPs) of Sitio Kanawan in Morong, Bataan declared portions of their recently awarded territory as Indigenous Communities Conserved territories and Areas (ICCAs).
Palparan starts 40-year jail term at New Bilibid Prison
JOVITO S. Palparan Jr., a retired army major general convicted of kidnapping and illegal detention of student activists, has been transferred from the custody of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to the national penitentiary.
Davao City bus system launch moved back to 2019
DAVAO CITY’S planned public bus system in Davao City will be launched in 2019, as originally planned, instead of this year as targeted by the local government, Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio announced Tuesday.
Cebu’s Duros Group ventures to Siargao
THE LILOAN, Cebu-based Duros Group of Companies is putting more money in tourism-related businesses, including a 38-room resort in Siargao called Gana Siargao Island Resort.
Phivolcs’ 100th seismic station installed in Tandag City
THE PHILIPPINE Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) under the Department of Science and Technology inaugurated yesterday its 100th earthquake monitoring station, located in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur province.
ALQC to donate land for relocation site of landslide victims
APO LAND and Quarry Corp (ALQC) said on Thursday that it will donate a parcel of land to serve as a relocation site in Naga City, Cebu as well as set up a care fund to rebuild houses for the victims of a landslide near its operations site.




