The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-10 (LTFRB-10) on Thursday welcomed the government’s move of banning tricycles and other three-wheel vehicles used for public transport from plying the national roads.
Following the pronouncement of an environment official on why the Philippines has yet to ratify an international treaty that prohibits imported garbage from entering the country, environmental group EcoWaste Coalition has called on the government anew to strictly impose a ban on waste importation “without further delay.”
Various youth groups here have denounced the draft substitute bill in Congress which aims to create the Citizen Service Training Course (CSTC) or what they say a “facelift” of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).
Authorities arrested 40 individuals believed to be members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in a village in Talakag, Bukidnon Monday afternoon, police said.
As the country commemorated the 34th EDSA People Power anniversary on Tuesday(Feb 25), survivors of Marcos dictatorship, along with human rights advocates, warned that the Duterte administration is “a haunting shadow of one of the darkest eras in Philippine history.”
An employee of the Iligan City government has filed a complaint against Mayor Celso Regencia before the office of the Ombudsman based here Monday, Feb. 24.
A human rights group has assailed the reported February 18 airstrike launched by the military against a village in Bukidnon province, some 255 kilometers away from this city.
Pork dealers here appealed for government assistance as sales “hugely” dropped in the wake of African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak.
Media groups on Monday, Feb. 24, welcomed Rep. Rufus Rodriguez’s proposal to amend a provision in the Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, that requires journalists to appear in court for the anti-drug cases that they cover during law enforcement operations.
A member of the armed group of five men who engaged law enforcers in a shootout that killed two persons, including a police officer, in Libertad town, Misamis Oriental on Monday was killed by police operatives in a village in said town early Friday morning, Feb. 21.
