MANILA: The Bureau of Corrections (Bucor) is optimistic that its long-awaited projects to update the country’s penal facilities will be realized after its budget for 2024 rose to PHP7.4 billion.
Speaking at the New Year’s call of BuCor officials held…
ILOILO CITY: Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas called on the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to address the power blackout that hit Panay, Guimaras, and Negros on Tuesday.
‘I am told
MANILA: The Philippines is ready to provide assistance to Japan in the wake of a devastating earthquake that struck the East Asian country on New Year’s Day, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Tuesday.
‘We are deeply saddened to hear
MANILA: The penalties for apprehended ‘colorum’ or unregistered public utility vehicles (PUVs) have reached PHP20.8 million for the whole month of December, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Tuesday.
In a statement, the DOTr said the penal…
ILOILO CITY: In response to clamors from taxpayers and ‘in the best interest of the public,’ the city government here reduced to 60 percent the real property tax (RPT) on land for 2024 and 2025.
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas
MANILA: The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday said it would deploy more than 13,000 of its force to secure the Feast of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila on Jan. 9.
“Yung ating coordination through our district director ng
