Arrested OFWS released, but harassment by PHL officials
AS of 12:30pm, KSA time, the three OFWs arrested by the Saudi police have been released. The OFWs are Lyndon Salonga, Juan Carlos and Jon Jon de Vera, according to Migrants group in Middle East....
View ArticleBodyguard ng customs chief namaril,’di kukunsintihin – Biazon
“MANANAGOT ang may sala, kahit tauhan ko pa siya!” Ito ang mariing pahayag ni Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon tungkol sa kanyang security detail na isang miyembro ng Philippine Marines matapos itong...
View ArticleChildren’s lunch bags found to contain lead
A toxics watchdog divulged today that it has also detected the chemical poison in school lunch bags. The EcoWaste Coalition said that its latest round of chemical analysis found lead up to 3,347 parts...
View ArticleWorkers’ alliance slams Aquino’s Labor Day promise
AN alliance of some of the country’s labor groups condemned Pres. Noynoy Aquino’s response to workers’ demands, saying the chief executive failed to stand up for Filipino workers. The Action against...
View ArticleSaudi OFWs intensify demand for free, immediate and mass repatriation
TWO hundred (200) undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), 70 were women with 10 children, staged a campout protest outside the PH Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, taking cue from the ongoing...
View ArticleLawmakers want to establish Philippine Teachers’ Hospital
LAWMAKERS are confident that a measure establishing the Philippine Teachers’ Hospital will be re-filed in the 16th Congress to provide comprehensive health care services for the country’s teachers and...
View ArticleParty-List legislators to pursue P125 across-the-board salary increase
PARTY-LIST legislators have vowed to push for the enactment into law in the next Congress of a bill that will provide for a P125.00 across the board increase in the salary rates of employees and...
View ArticleComelec namahagi na ng voter’s information sheet
SAN FERNANDO CITY – Namahagi na ang Commission on Elections (Comelec) dito sa lungsod ng “voter’s information and instruction sheet” (VIIS) sa mga barangay upang mabigyan ng gabay ang mga rehistradong...
View ArticleGSIS may scholarship sa mga anak ng kawani ng gobyerno
MALOLOS, Bulacan – Bukas na ang scholarship program ng Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) para sa mga anak ng empleyado ng gobyerno. Isa ito sa mga magandang balitang inanunsyo ni GSIS...
View ArticleGroup slams retrenchment of 104 plantation workers after Labor Day
NATIONAL labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned today the illegal retrenchment of 104 plantation workers in Agusan del Sur one day after Labor Day, saying the Aquino government has emboldened...
View ArticleMilitar at pulisya, handa na para sa eleksyon sa Bulacan
MALOLOS, Bulacan, – Lubos ang ginagawang paghahanda ng militar at pulisya upang matiyak na magiging maayos ang pagsasagawa ng Halalan sa Bulacan sa Mayo 13. Sa isinagawang pagpupulong ng mga kasapi ng...
View Article350,000 volunteers ikakalat sa mga polling centers -PPCRV
ABOT sa 350,000 volunteers ang ikakakalat sa mga polling centers sa araw ng eleksyon. Ayon kay Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) Chairperson Henrietta de Villa, ito ay upang...
View ArticleMister sinaksak ng asawa ng nakaalitan ng kanyang misis
KRITIKAL ang lagay ng isang mister matapos itong saksakin ng asawa ng nakalitan ng kanyang misis Linggo ng umaga sa Brgy. Potrero, Malabon City. Inoobserbahan sa MCU hospital si Esteban Dela Cruz y...
View ArticleTricycle driver sinaksak ng kabaro, kritikal
MALUBHA ang lagay ng isang mister matapos itong saksakin ng isang tricycle driver sa harap ng isang tindahan Linggo ng gabi sa Celia 2, Brgy. Bayan-Bayanan, Malabon City. Nakaratay at ginagamot sa...
View ArticleGroup reveals green guidelines for selecting the country’s next leaders
IN anticipation of the midterm elections next week, the EcoWaste Coalition called on all local and national candidates to uphold the well being of Filipino people and Mother Earth, while appealing to...
View ArticleBelmonte in full support of energy security programs of gov’t
EXPRESSING strong support for the Philippine Energy Plan 2009-2030, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. said the government’s efforts to level the playing field in energy development are truly crucial to...
View Article“Peasant vote” is for Anakpawis party-list, Casiño – KMP
THE progessive peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) today vowed “to deliver one million “organized peasant vote” for the party-list group Anakpawis and three million votes for Makabayan...
View ArticleDA-BPI issues import permits when needed
THE Department of Agriculture through the Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI) issues appropriate import permits — technically known as SPS or sanitary and phyto-sanitary import clearance — when warranted...
View ArticleComelec FTS shows 2013 elections wide open to tampering, ‘Oplan 12-0′
THE youth group Anakbayan expressed alarm over yesterday’s Final Testing and Sealing (FTS) of the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines, saying the widespread errors and defects during the FTS...
View ArticleFood, water supplies withheld from stranded OFWs by PHL Embassy in Riyadh
MIGRANTE Partylist today condemned the ongoing food and water embargo being implemented by the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh against stranded OFWs presently holding their campout inside the embassy...
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