CLARK FREEPORT – PLDT chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan recently said the government may align the proposed Clark-Manila dedicated railway system to the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx). “Of course the government can use the NLEx,” Pangilinan said, adding that the state still owns the freeway. However, Pangilinan said the railway track should be erected at the […]
MANILA – The Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) joined the Philippine Investment Promotion Plan (PIPP) Steering Committee tasked to further develop and harmonize investment promotion plans of freeports and ecozones in the country. This was disclosed by AFAB Chairman and Administrator Deogracias G.P. Custodio in a statement released here on Wednesday. He […]
ANGELES CITY- Filipino “peasants” in Rio de Janeiro? Yes, members of Philippine peasant organizations are in the Brazilian capital, but not to sashay to the beat of carnival. They come from the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the National Federation of Peasant Women (Amihan) and Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) who flew to Rio de […]
LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS—Hindi dapat dumikit ang susunod na Punong Mahistrado sa mga pulitiko upang matiyak ang pagiging malaya. Ito ang isa sa mga payo ng 91-taong gulang na si Abogado Tomas Martin sa Judicial Bar Council na kasalukuyang tumatanggap ng nominasyon sa nilitis at pinatalsik na dating Punong Mahistrado Renato Corona ng Kataas-taasang Hukuman ng […]
ANGELES CITY – The advocacy group Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement here has intensified its call for the resignation of Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas. This came in the wake of the DOTC directive to local airlines to reduce their flights by 30 percent starting July to decongest the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). “If […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – This entire province will mark today (June 15) the 21ST anniversary of Mt. Pinatubo’s “big bang,” but confusion has arisen on whether it’s a non-working, no-classes commemoration. Vice Gov. Joseller “Yeng” Guiao, who is acting Pampanga governor, clarified yesterday that he issued last June 13 Executive Order (EO) 08-2010 declaring […]
SUBIC FREEPORT – The Bistro Group of Restaurants Concepts has opened its newest TGI Friday’s 13th branch in the Philippines at the Harbor Point inside this Freeport. Jen Palacio, TGI Friday’s assistant brand manager, said they are now ready to serve their customers in this part of Central Luzon, which is fast becoming a tourist […]
MAYOR Mauricio Domogan, in his weekly radio program, lamented on the poor compliance of barangay treasurers in the collection of garbage fees. Domogan said barangay officials were already deputized through an administrative order to collect the prescribed P20 monthly garbage fee or P240 annual fee to help ease the city’s mounting solid waste management expenses. […]
ONLY 34 members of the House of Representatives registered a perfect attendance during the second regular session of the 15th Congress, records released by the Secretary General showed. The number is only 12 percent of the 288-member House. The second regular session had 52 session days from July 25, 2011 to June 6, 2012. Congress […]
SOME 2.803 million Filipinos were jobless in April this year, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said on Friday. The number of unemployed Filipinos in April was equivalent to 6.9 percent, which was slightly lower than the 7.2 percent or 2.871 million people in April last year, NSO’s Labor Force Survey (LFS) showed. “The National Capital […]