Monthly Archives: May 2020
Bureau of Customs seizes 180 kilos of Chinese medicines worth P700k
The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of NAIA seized around 180 kilos of Chinese medicines with no clearance from the Food and Drug Administration on...
DOLE sends home over 22k OFWs stranded in quarantine facilities
More than 22,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in quarantine facilities in Metro Manila have been sent home to their provinces, the Department of...
Former model, actress Avi Siwa arrested by NBI
Former model and actress Avigail "Avi" Siwa was arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Friday for selling coronavirus disease...
House panels approve amendments to anti-terrorism law
The House Committees on National Defense and Security and Public Order and Safety have approved on Friday the amendments to the country’s existing anti-terrorism...
PHL gov’t acting beyond int’l law even before COVID-19 pandemic–Callamard
The United Nations' special rapporteur for extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard has claimed that the Philippine government has been acting beyond international...
BREAKING! PH Covid-19 updates
Photo courtesy of the Department of Health.
Drilon seeks repeal of criminal provision of Bayanihan law
Alarmed by abuses in the implementation of the law, Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon sought to repeal Section 6 of Republic Act 11469...
Philippines has low COVID-19 mortality rate–President Duterte
President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said the Philippines has a low mortality rate from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and that there is nothing...
Bocaue, Bulacan Mayor Joni Villanueva passes away
Bocaue Mayor Eleanor “Joni” Villanueva Tugna, sister of Senator Joel Villanueva, has passed away last Thursday.
PDP LABAN Executive Director Ron Munsayac extended his condolences...
Pacquaio mulls for a 1 year freeze on the PhilHealth premium rate hike for...
Senator Manny Pacquiao has filed a resolution calling for a one year suspension of the increase in PhilHealth premium contributions for health care professionals...
