Philippines

It was not easy to deal with the coastal issues in the country but days after a diplomatic complaint against China’s new coast guard legislation was lodged by the Philippines, Beijing insisted that its implementation specifically target any certain country. In Manila, the Chinese Embassy pointed out that the current law authorizing Chinese coast guards to fire on foreign ships …

After the World Boxing Association’s decision to strip him of his super welterweight crown, Manny Pacquiao is now a retired champion. This follows the failure of the Philippine senator to defend his title after taking it in July 2019 due to the new coronavirus virus. In view of this, Pacquiao has been named Champion in Recess per the WBA, while …

In line with the request of the Paris-based watchdog Financial Action Task Force for the government to review its policies against dirty money, President Duterte signed into law Republic Act 11521, which further strengthens the 20-year-old Anti-Money Laundering Act, yesterday. Duterte beat the February 1st deadline that was set by the FATF for introducing improvements to AMLA by signing the …

At last, a medico-legal investigation was forwarded to the Makati prosecutor’s office by the Philippine National Police, which ruled out murder as the cause of her death, flight attendant Christine Dacera died of natural causes. The PNP Crime Laboratory’s two-page study on Jan. 11 reported that Dacera died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm caused by increased blood pressure. As seen …

The State-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) supported the local shipbuilder with a P4.17 billion loan to finance the expansion of the company’s Albuera, Leyte, shipyard. Emmanuel Herbosa the president and chief executive officer of DBP shared that the bank had signed a term loan agreement with Megaship Builders Inc. to upgrade and improve its shipbuilding complex’s capacity. In …

It’s still surprising how the rejection by a House committee of ABS-CBN’s proposal for a fresh franchise is already final since no lawmaker challenged his decision, the chair of the panel highlighted. In view of this, Rep. Franz Alvarez, chairman of the House Legislative Franchises Committee, said that each of the 70 lawmakers who voted to deny the franchise proposal …

Changing cell phone numbers will shortly be a thing of the past as you turn to another mobile service provider. In view of this, The National Telecommunications Commission said that the commercial start of the Act on the Portability of Mobile Numbers, also known as the Republic Act 11202, is scheduled to begin on 30 September. The NTC Deputy Commissioner …

What good news for this year as fisherfolks in the Philippines’ coastal areas should look forward to the creation of ISDApp, the group app that enables fishermen to access valuable forecast information to help them schedule their trips to the sea, even without a mobile or internet connectivity, for a brighter and safer year ahead. ISDApp, created by iNON IT …

Mayor Vico Sotto has declared that Pasig City is the first local government unit (LGU) to have a Department of Health / World Health Organization approved coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination programme. After consulting vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr and research czar Vince Dizon, Sotto made the announcement. In a Senate hearing, the DOH earlier revealed that Pasig City was …

With the approval of President Rodrigo Duterte, the small physical classes for students in medical and health-allied programs are expected to resume. Owing to the coronavirus pandemic, in-person studying for colleges just like the rest of the nation has been called off for almost a year already, with schools taking their courses online that had sometimes spelled trouble for many. …