MANILA, Philippines — With chili-spiced or flavored “lava ice cream” in demand and awestruck tourists packing onto viewing decks, the erupting Mayon Volcano is sparking a local business boom in an impoverished region where tens of thousands of others have fled for their lives. Albay has built its image around the picture-perfect, cone-shaped Mayon, whose…
RETIRED Supreme Court justice Adolf Azcuna on Tuesday said the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) draft was “constitutional,” as the Senate sub-committee on the BBL continued its public consultations on the measure. Azcuna was one of four legal luminaries invited to the fifth public hearing on the BBL, which seeks to abolish the Autonomous Region in…
By: Intern, January 30th, 2018 10:59 PM After having their houses destroyed by the recent fire in Barangay Pasil in Cebu City, at least 300 individuals including some fire victims or an estimated 60 to 70 households will be displaced by the planned river widening and development project of the Department of Public Works and…
MANILA, Philippines — State-run Social Security System (SSS) is seeking to implement by April the proposed increase in the contribution rate of members to raise its collections and improve the viability of the fund. In an interview, SSS president and chief executive officer Emmanuel Dooc said the state fund is asking President Duterte to issue…
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Published January 31, 2018, 12:09 AM By Genalyn D. Kabiling and Chito A. Chavez Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor E. Faeldon was transferred to the Pasay City Jail on orders of the Senate which had earlier cited him in contempt over his refusal to appear before its hearing of the P6.4-billion illegal drugs shipment from China….
MANILA, Philippines — The charge of grave misconduct and dishonesty against Overall Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Carandang was “ill-founded” and demonstrated the “insincerity and hypocrisy” of the administration’s anti-corruption drive, an opposition lawmaker said on Tuesday. Rep. Gary Alejano (Magdalo) said that Carandang did not release any document to the public or expose substantial portions of…
PHILIPPINE Charity Sweepstakes Office general manager Alexander Balutan yesterday accused gambling lord Charlie “Atong” Ang of trying to bribe him with P200 million monthly in exchange for taking over all small-town lottery operations in the country. Balutan issued the statement during the hearing of the House committee on games and amusement on the questioning of…