aaaBureau of Customs (BoC) officers seized P11.87 million worth of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) that were intercepted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Customs commissioner Isidro Lapena and customs-NAIA district collector Mimel Talusan on Tuesday (May 22) presented to media the two shipments that had a total of 2.3755 kilos of sh...
aaaPresident Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to raise the salaries of public school teachers even as he acknowledged that he cannot double their pay, unlike policemen and soldiers. Duterte said the government the sheer number of public school teachers at 880,000 makes it impossible for the government to have sufficient resources to double their salary. ...
aaaPhilippine Ambassador to Kuwait Renato Villa arrived in Manila last night after being declared "persona non grata" by the Kuwaiti government due to the much-publicized rescue of distressed Filipina domestic workers in the emirate. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano welcomed Villa upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airp...
aaaMANILA : As reported by Inquirer.net , the University of Santo Tomas has ordered the expulsion of eight law students implicated in the fatal hazing of Horacio “Atio” Castillo III. Said report was based from statement posted Sunday on the website of the The Varsitarian, the official student publication of the university. The statement said a ...
aaaMANILA - As part of a drive to fight corruption, President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday led the destruction of P61.6 million ( US$ 1.2 million ) worth of smuggled luxury cars. According to ABS CBN News report, destroyed at the port of Manila were 20 sports car and other luxury vehicles, among which were the following models: Lexus ES300, BMW Alpina, ...
aaaMANILA : ABS CBN News reported that restive Mayon Volcano remains under alert level 4 or in danger of an imminent hazardous eruption despite showing a decrease in gas and lava emissions. It was placed under alert level 4, the second highest level in a 5-tier warning system, on Jan. 22 after it spouted a 10-kilometer ash column. Volcanologist Ed ...
aaaA Manila airport worker returned to a passenger a black pouch he found containing US$3,600 and other foreign currencies at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 on Jan. 10. PO1 Mark Anthony Lusergo, who was assigned at NAIA Terminal 1, said a certain Mr. Cubacob, a pushcart retriever of D’Frada, found the black pouch an...
aaaTHE Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has finished the construction of a toilet intended for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender at CAAP compound. The CAAP compound is near the Terminal 2 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The agency is also targeting to build toilets for the LGBT community in all the 41 CAAP-run ...
aaaA departing Filipino passenger was hospitalized on Friday morning after collapsing due to an apparent heart attack while waiting for his flight to Japan at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. He was eventually declared dead at a hospital. The Media Affairs Division identified the passenger as Elias Concepcion, 68, who fainted near t...
aaaMANILA, Nov 14- On the final day of the 31st ASEAN Summit, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations signed a landmark treaty to protect the rights of migrant workers which shall serve as a framework for cooperation in safeguarding the interests and welfare of millions of migrant workers in the region, as reported by ABS CBN News. The...
