Philippines

MANILA – House speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said on Monday that Lawmakers should vote on their conscience on whether they would allow another 25-year franchise to the media titan ABS-CBN. Cayetano said that the house will not be imposing the lawmakers on how they should vote and would just allow the legislators to decide on their own. “Well, I cannot …

MANILA – The Department of Finance (DoF) may be consider banning the online selling of sin products such as liquor and ciggarettes in a bid to prevent the spread of counterfeit items. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said that they will move to ban the online sales of ‘sin’ products if seller found to have sold it to minors. Trade Secretary …

MANILA – The Philippine National Police has filed murder charges against two police officers involving a 15-year-old girl, who accused them of rape. PNP Spokesperson Police Brigadier Gen. Bernard Banac said in a statement that S/Sgts. Marawi Torda and Dante Ramos of the San Juan police station are now under restrictive custody while awaiting further disposition by the court. PNP …

MANILA – Malacañang has announced on Friday that religious gatherings will be allowed up to 10% of the venue’s capacity in areas under the general community quarantine (GCQ). Presidential spokesman Harry Roque confirmed that the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has given the go signal to allow more activities and other industries to resume …

MANILA – The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) on Friday, gave the green lights to the recommendation of the Games and Amusements Board that would allow the Philippines Football League to hold training sessions under strict health protocols. .@WeArePFL clubs may now conduct official training sessions following approval from the IATFREAD: https://t.co/kU88lw6Zfx— The Philippine Football Federation (@philfootball) …

MANILA – The Philippines’ confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rises to  to 38,805 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 294 more infections on Thursday. The DOH said 242 cases are “late” cases or were part of the DOH’s backlog while 52 are “fresh” or detected within three days. According to the DOH, the new cases were significantly fewer compared …

MANILA – Television media titan GMA Network Inc. has announced the its own high-quality and affordable Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) called “GMA Affordabox”. This affordable digital TV receiver is a plug-and-play device that can be connected to a television to receive digital transmission broadcast. This receiver also has a personal video recorder that would allowed consumers to record GMA, GMA …

MANILA – ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation announced Wednesday that channels on its TV Plus has stopped airing in areas outside Metro Manila. Channels including CineMo, Yey, TeleRadyo, Jeepney TV, Asianovela Channel and KBO will be affected by the shutdown as the National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease and desist order to the media titan. NTC said that the cease and desist …

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he wants to investigate the courier company J&T Express over the alleged mishandling and missing deliveries. In a recorded address television address aired late Tuesday, The President ordered the National Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, BIR to conduct a probe into the courier’s operations. President Duterte also threatened to …

MANILA – General community quarantine (GCQ) in Metro Manila are extended until July 15, President Duterte announced Tuesday night. The decision was due to the steady rise of coronavirus Covid-19 infection in the capital region. The 15 days extension were approved to better control the health pandemic. The President made the decision when Covid-19 cases breached the 37,000 mark last …