Tuesday, 3, 2012 MALACANANG reiterated Monday its appeal to Filipinos in Syria to heed calls for mandatory repatriation after only 490 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) of the total 17,000 have been repatriated since tension began in March. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario flew to Damascus in Syria to personally facilitate the repatriation of some […]
Tuesday, 3, 2012 CLARK FREEPORT — At least 12 commercial aircrafts were diverted on New Year (January 1) to the Clark International Airport due to zero visibility at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) president Victor Jose I. Luciano said the diversion of the flights to Clark was caused by […]
Tuesday, 3, 2012 MANILA — The Department of Justice (DOJ) will beef up its security after its head, Secretary Leila de Lima, said she received “credible and reliable” threats. “I’d rather be safe than sorry,” de Lima said Monday while announcing that agents of the department’s Intelligence and Service Operations Group and detailed members of […]
Tuesday 3, 2012 CLARK FREEPORT — Clark Development Corporation (CDC) president and CEO Felipe Antonio Remollo said he is studying plans to institutionalize the Clark Cares Program to provide continuous assistance to communities around this Freeport and to people and regions affected by calamities. Remollo, in a recent interview after the success of the “Clark […]
Tuesday, 3, 2012 ANGELES CITY — The City Government here is a recipient of the Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) amounting to P25 million for successfully obtaining the Seal of Good Housekeeping from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo told Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan that the fund shall be […]
Tuesday, 3, 2012 CAMP OLIVAS — Philippine National Police (PNP) Central Luzon chief Edgardo Ladao said policemen did not use their guns to make noise during the New Year’s celebration. Ladao led the inspection and removal of the sealed tapes on the policemen’s firearms that were put before the New Year. “No firearm of PNP […]
Monday, January 2, 2012 ARAYAT – A businessman from Mexico town in Pampanga was seriously injured in a shooting incident Wednesday along the portion of Gapan-Olongapo road in this town. Reports from the Pampanga Police Provincial Office (PPPO) revealed the incident happened Wednesday at about 8:50 p.m. in front of Beth store located at Purok […]
Monday, January 2, 2012 MANILA – The Department of Tourism will launch in January a short and catchy slogan to replace the “Wow, Philippines” brand, a top official said. Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez said the new Philippine brand produced by world-renowned Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn (BBDO) will touch people’s heart and mind. Eight advertising […]
Monday, January 2, 2012 MANILA – Three-fourths of the 285 duly-elected members of the House of Representatives belongs to the majority coalition. This is one of the reasons why the Aquino administration manages to push through with its political and legislative agenda in Congress. In 2011 alone, the House leadership led by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte […]
Monday, January 2, 2012 MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine official says more than 200 people have been injured by illegally huge firecrackers and celebratory gunfire despite a government scare campaign against reckless holiday revelries. Health Assistant Secretary Enrique Tayag said Saturday that most of those hurt were children. Stray bullets wounded eight people and 197 […]