Новости за 06.09.2015

Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares urged the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to come up with a stronger mechanism to combat illegal drug trafficking, saying it should enhance coordination between the Philippine National Police (PNP) and barangay officials in capturing suspected drug traffickers. Poe, chair of the Senate committee on public order and dangerous […]

Oil companies are expected to increase pump prices for almost P2 per liter this week, according to DZMM. The price of diesel is seen to increase P1.75 per liter to P1.95 per liter. For gasoline prices, it is estimated to jump P1.70 per liter to P1.90 per liter. Kerosene prices, meanwhile, is expected to increase […]

General Santos, Philippines | AFP – Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao hinted he has several more fights left in him after his American promoter said he will likely retire next year. Pacquiao played down remarks by promoter Bob Arum that he would fight just once more in 2016 before hanging up his gloves to run for Senate. “I know […]

Senate President Franklin Drilon said it may now be too late for the present Congress to pass a new Philippine Immigration law even as he promised to work for its enactment if he is reelected in next year’s polls. Addressing officials and employees of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) at the latter’s diamond jubilee celebration, […]

Seoul, South Korea | AFP – At least eight people died when a South Korean fishing charter boat capsized off the country’s southwest, the coastguard said Sunday. The 9.77-tonne Dolphine went missing near the southwestern island of Chuja Saturday night and its wreckage was found on an island nearby Sunday morning, the coastguard said. Three people were rescued and […]

Cebu City, Cebu — Member economies of the APEC want to level the trade in services with trade in goods as the economic bloc sees a disparity in trade in goods compared with the trade in services in recent years, APEC Secretariat Executive Director Alan Bollard said on Saturday. “The APEC region is very advanced […]

Federal Resources Investment Group Inc., which has recently been taken over by LBC Development Corporation as a backdoor-listing vehicle, is still hoping to be able to conduct a follow-on offering in November. However, Federal Resources chairman Santiago Araneta said that it is possible that the timeline may be pushed back to January because there may […]

Ankara, (PNA/Xinhua) — G20 finance ministers and central bank governors pledged to take decisive action to keep the economic recovery on track, in a communique adopted at the end of the two-day crucial meeting here on Saturday. The communique said that G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will try to avoid persistent exchange rate […]

Manila, — Cloudy skies with rains are expected in most parts of the Visayas and Mindanao in the next three days due to an Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Sunday. PAGASA weather forecaster Aldczar Aurelio said the ITCZ affecting the Visayas and Mindanao, which […]