Comelec budget next year slashed
Rank-and-file employees of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) pushing for a substantial increase in their salaries called yesterday for the restoration of the P215.5 million slashed by the Department of…
Gov’t job fairs successful – DoLE
The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said that 800,000 jobseekers were hired in government job fairs in nine months this year.
DA palay ratooning program set
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will implement a ratooning program covering 100,000 hectares to produce more palay and offset losses due to back-to-back typhoons that hit Luzon recently.
House panel probes PEACe bonds
The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability will launch another leg of its investigation on the controversial P10-billion Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificate (PEACe) bonds with Social Welfare…
Lowering of criminal age nixed
Children in conflict with the law should not be considered criminals because they are also victims of circumstances, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Department of Justice…
Lim launches campaign against bribery
Only a few weeks on the job and some people are already using the name of Custom Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence Danilo Lim in vain.
Outbound OFW barred from flight
Immigration authorities prevented a Filipino contract worker from leaving the country yesterday morning after his name showed up in the Hold Departure Order (HDO) list for having a case of…
BIR income tax forms expanded
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has come out with new income tax return (ITR) forms for use by individual taxpayers receiving compensation income and those with mixed earnings when…
Malware activities pose 1.5-B threats
Global internet security firm Trend Micro reported that different malware (malicious software) activities in the Philippines alone reach an average of five billion threats. Around 30% of the total threats,…
Raise goats, poor folk asked
With the world turning to goats rather than beef and pork, or even kangaroo and crocodile meat, there is no reason for the goat industry to lag behind.
New breeding scheme for goats
The country’s goat population can skyrocket by more than 80 percent if a new production system is implemented for the R13.2-billion industry.
P72-M 6/55 jackpot still unclaimed
The September 28 Grand Lotto 6/55 jackpot winner has yet to claim his P72,537,879.60 prize as of yesterday.
BIR 9-month take P7.8B short
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) reported yesterday a collection of P686.2 billion during the first nine months of the year, P78.9 billion higher compared to the collection for the…
Cha-cha bid treason, farmers say
The Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Magbubukid (PKM) has assailed the bid of Aquino allies to railroad Charter change (Cha-cha) as “a shameless sell-out of the national patrimony and economic sovereignty.”
2 key Customs appointments loom
A former Philippine National Police (PNP) officer and an old hand of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) Intelligence and Investigation Service, Rolando Sacramento, are expected to fill up two recently…
PH Hawksbill Turtle population threatened
International experts have identified the Philippines' Hawksbill Turtle population as one of the 11 most threatened sea turtle populations in the world, mainly due to illegal harvest for commercial use.
