LTO advises family with big kids to buy bigger car
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) said Monday that families with bigger children should buy a bigger car to comply with the implementation of the Child Car Seat Law which requires …
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Philippine Airlines issues new testing, quarantine protocols
Philippine Airlines issued its new COVID-19 testing and quarantine protocols for arriving passengers starting today, February 1. In line with the latest resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging …
Millions worth of smuggled face shields, face masks seized in Tondo
Bureau of Customs (BoC) seized millions of worth of smuggled face shields and face masks in a storage facility in Tondo. The BoC agents inspected the facility which also contained …
Child Car Seat Law in Philippines effective by Feb. 2
The government would implement the Child Car Seat Law or the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act starting Tuesday, February 2. The requires private vehicles to put restraint systems for …
56M COVID-19 vaccine doses to arrive in PH in May
The 56 million COVID-19 vaccine doses are expected to arrive in May through the COVAX facility. Meanwhile, Manny Villar’s company negotiated with AstraZeneca for their staff and donations to the …
DA chief Dar urged to resign due to increasing pork prices
Agriculture Secretary William Dar should be fire or voluntarily resign due to his negligence which resulted in the skyrocketing price of pork, according to the organization of hog raisers. According …
Group of hog raisers opposes lowering tariff of imported pork
A group of hog raisers opposed the Department of Agriculture (DA) ‘s request to lower tariffs on imported pork. The Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines said they were not …
Gov’t offers thousands of jobs in BPO, construction industry
Most of the vacancies currently offered by the Department of Labor and Employment are from Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and the construction industry. There are also jobs offered in construction …
Dacera family wants DNA test on specimens used in PNP medico legal report
The Dacera family wants a DNA test on the specimens used in examining Christine’s body, as they still insist that the flight attendant did not die of natural causes. “The …
UK COVID-19 variant patient infects 57 people in Bontoc
The patient who tested positive for the UK COVID-19 variant infected 57 of its close contacts, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Friday. According to Vergeire, 12 of the 57 …
Malacañang rejects Magalong’s resignation
Malacañang on Friday rejected the resignation filed by Baguio City Mayor and contact tracing czar Benjamin Magalong after he and his wife attended the party of Tim Yap where health …
Magalong files resignation as contact tracing czar
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong filed his resignation as the country’s contact tracing czar after he and his wife attended a party where health protocols were violated. Magalong wrote to …
BI reports 45% drop in tourist visa extension applications
The Bureau of Immigration said Friday a significant decrease of those applying for a tourist visa extension. Below is the press release of BI posted on their Facebook account. The …
Man wanted for 33 years arrested in Cagayan Valley
After more than 30 years of hiding, a man wanted for double murder was arrested in Cagayan Valley. During an operation conducted by the PNP Cabatuan and Isabela Police Provincial …
Pigs seen jumping from ship in Mindoro
The pigs, that were found dead at the shores of Oriental Mindoro, allegedly jumped from a ship passing by, according to a fisherman who saw the incident. Fisher Wilfredo Guitierrez …
Swab test results forgers can be charged with estafa
The Philippine National Police (PNP) continues to receive complaints about alleged incidents of forgery of COVID-19 swab test results. PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Ildebrandi Usana told TeleRadyo that some individuals …
Dacera’s camp not convinced that Christine’s death was ‘natural’
Christine Dacera’s family did not want to accept the results of the police investigation which revealed that “no homicide” and “natural” was the cause of the flight attendant’s death on …
DOH to study if Filipinos need to wear double face masks
The Department of Health (DOH) will study whether it is appropriate for Filipinos to wear double face masks to effectively prevent the spread of COVID-19, especially since the new variant …
Fish is a good alternative to meat – group
One group reminded that fish is now a good alternative to meat amid the increasing prices of commodities due to the pandemic and outbreak of African swine fever in the …
Senior citizen vendors paid with fake P1k bill
Authorities have warned vendors to carefully check what is being paid to them after some senior citizens in Mindanao were victimized by a fake P1,000 bill handed to them. In …
Manila LGU holds 2nd COVID-19 mass vaccination simulation exercise
Manila City Mayor Francisco ‘Isko Moreno’ Domagoso leads the Manila LGU’s second COVID-19 mass vaccination simulation exercise on Thursday, January 28 in anticipation of the national government’s approval of a …
Sinas not keen on extending terms of PNP chiefs
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police General Debold Sinas said that for him, the short stints of the country’s top police official is fine with him as it would not …
Churches can be used as COVID-19 vaccination center: CBCP
Bishops are willing to use the facilities of Catholic churches as COVID-19 vaccination sites, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said this Thursday. According to CBCP President Archbishop …
AFP intel chief relieved over ‘erroneous list’ of NPAs
Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence Major General Alex Luna was ordered to be relieved by Defense chief Delfin Lorenzana after the AFP released an “erroneous list” of …
FDA grants EUA to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the Philippines granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, according to FDA chief Dr. Eric Domingo on Thursday. This makes the …
CBCP officials willing to get vaccinated in public
Some executives of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said Thursday they are willing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in public to alleviate the public’s fear of getting …