GUIDELINES for the issuance of additional daily allowance for minimum wage earners in Metro Manila will be released in 60 days, the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) said Sunday. “Within 60 days from issuance by the NWPC of guidelines on the implementation of the two-tiered wage system, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board […]
MALACANANG said Sunday the government has competent IT people who are on hand to protect its websites from cyber attacks. Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda made the assurance following report that China is investing in cyber warfare as part of its steady military buildup. “Our technical people are very competent and we have been coordinating with […]
STA. ANA – A high ranking official from Guam Army National Guard disclosed on Saturday that the United States of America and the Philippines have an existing partnership program to jumpstart development in Central Luzon. Major General Benny Paulino, Guam adjutant general, said the friendship between the Philippines and their country started long before during […]
ANGELES CITY – Balibago village chief Rodelio Mamac has urged the people to protect the rights of the children through mass awareness. Mamac issued the statement Saturday during the press conference for “The Worlds Children’s Price for the Rights of the Child (WCP)” sponsored by the Angeles City Gender and Development, Visayan Forum Foundation, IMA […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – City officials here has asked the Spectrum Bluesteel Corporation, the reported proponent of Biosphere or the waste-to-energy facility in Barangay Lara, where an alleged open dumpsite is located, to “clear and move out” the piles of garbage there. Recently, the site was visited by environmentalists led by Auxiliary Bishop Pablo […]
PORAC — Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University (DHVTSU) president Enrique Baking assured Sunday the state university will not back out of its deal with the Municipal Government in setting up a satellite campus in Barangay Pio here. This as Porac officials reportedly settled issues regarding the memorandum of agreement concerning the satellite campus. It […]
Former President and current Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who was suffering from a mineral deficiency in her bones arising from two corrective surgeries last September, wanted to seek alternative stem cell therapy abroad. However, she was barred from leaving the country last November after Justice Secretary Leila de Lima refused to honor the temporary restraining […]
MANILA, Philippines—Minority Leader Danilo Suarez said that former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macagapal-Arroyo has to seek medical treatment abroad because no Filipino doctor was willing to perform surgery on her. “They (Filipino doctors) are hesitant because they are afraid that this might lead to her death. They know that she has a very […]
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Tuesday said it would challenge in court former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s fresh bid to seek medical treatment abroad, citing her tendency to “amplify” her health condition. Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. stressed that it was “too risky” for Arroyo, who is currently detained at Veterans Memorial Medical Center on charges […]
MANILA, Philippines — House of Representatives’ Minority Floor Leader Danilo Suarez is hoping that a compromise can be reached about former president and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s plan to seek medical attention abroad. Malacanang can have specialists from government hospitals look into a medical bulletin released by the former president’s doctors and confirm whether […]