Pag-IBIG savings are safe, execs say
The Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund) today assured its members that their savings are safe and that added safeguards to protect the integrity...
IBON challenges slogans of P-Noy
by Loire Ann A. Cascaro “Daang matuwid. Labanan ang korapsyon.” (Straight path. Fight corruption.) These were the famous electoral campaign slogans of candidate,...
Review of media conduct in hostage-taking favored
MOST MEMBERS of the Davao media favor a proposal to review the manner the media, particularly television, covered the August 23 hostage-taking at the...
Securing business permits, licenses the NERBAC way
The long, tedious process of getting their licenses and permits from the city’s government agencies has been the complaint of most businessmen for ages,...
S. Cotabato mining board fails to craft environment code IRR
The provincial mining regulatory board (PMRB) of South Cotabato has failed to define the implementing rules and regulation (IRR) of the open-pit mining ban...
No SK abolition as DILG opts for massive reform
Representatives from the SK Reform Coalition and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) secretary Jessie Robredo on Tuesday agreed to amend the Local...
1st Mindanao-wide techno forum on mariculture slated Aug. 26-27
To meet the growing consumer demand for live food fish, more international seafood buyers are turning to mariculture farms for a sustainable supply of...
Pass law to penalize identity theft
Senator Manny Villar the other day pushed for the immediate enactment of a law that will address the growing concern over identity theft in...
Drilon wants schools to open in September
Senator Franklin Drilon on Saturday sought to revise the opening of the academic calendar from June to September to avoid the rainy season as...
`Regional’ MDGs to form part of next MTPDP
The Philippine government assured officials from the United Nations (UN) that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will be incorporated in the next Medium-Term Philippine...