CLARK FREEPORT- The advocacy group Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement has hailed Cathay Pacific Airways’ subsidiary Dragonair for launching flights at the Clark International Airport here. This, even as PGKM, expressed apprehension over what it called “over concentration of Clark flights to a single destination: Hong Kong.” Dragonair joins Cebu Pacific, Seair-Tiger Airways and Airphil Express […]
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Brazil’s Vale Shipping Holdings Pte. Ltd. (VSH), along with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), formally launched a partnership for the transshipment of iron ore from this freeport. In a ceremony held at the Lighthouse Marina Resort here on June 1, VSH executives led by Jose Carlos Martins, executive officer for […]
TOTAL metallic mineral production value dropped by nearly two fifths in the first quarter of the year to P19.61 billion, as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) traced this to massive gold smuggling. Specifically, the DENR called on the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF) under the Office of the President to intervene […]
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III is set to lead the 114th commemoration of Independence Day on June 12 (Tuesday) at the Barasoain Church in Bulacan. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte, in a radio interview Sunday, maintained that June 11 (Monday) will not be declared as holiday. “I will just reiterate that there are classes tomorrow (Monday). […]
NOT even the delay in the legislative work due to the 44-day impeachment trial of ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona can stop the Senate from passing urgent measures before it closed the second regular session of the 15th Congress on June 7. The Senate made up for lost time by approving 13 bills, including six […]
CALLS for media coverage on interviews of aspirants for the post of Chief Justice may not be granted due to lack of time to amend the rules, a member of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) said over the weekend. “Changing the rules will entail a lot of time for discussion. There’s also a requirement […]
MABALACAT — Marjorie Morales-Sambo on Friday revealed her intentions to run for the vice mayoralty post in 2013. “It has been four years. Now, the wounds are healed, the family is okay and very happy with what is happening,” Sambo told the village chiefs of Mabalacat led by Dau village chief Atlas Morales. “Again, my […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Despite his defeat, Manny Pacquio never fails to bring people and officials together. In Porac town, the free live viewing of the fight between eight-time world champion Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley was met by the usually thick crowd that trooped to various locations here, bringing their own chairs and […]
STA. RITA — When the results of the fight between Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Sunday (Manila time) was announced, everybody’s jaw dropped. Ben Guanlao, of Barangay San Matias here, could not believe that the eight-time world champion will suffer his first defeat in seven years […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The City Government of San Fernando clarified over the weekend that the volume of waste received at the Barangay Lara transfer facility has gone down by 30 percent. City officials said this can be attested through official receipts issued to the transporters of the garbage from barangays to the Lara […]