Madame Abe arrived around 10:00 am. She was accompanied by Honeylet Avanceña, the common-law wife of President Rodrigo Duterte and members of the Japan Philippines Volunteer Association.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport here Thursday night as part of his two-day state visit in the country.
Senator Leila de Lima has called on Senator Richard Gordon to probe the “extreme problem of congestion” in the country’s jails and penitentiaries.
Japan Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and his wife, first lady Akei Abe, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3, around 2:50 pm Thursday afternoon aboard a Japanese Airforce plane.
National labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno slammed Wednesday Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III for its failure to end the job contractualization, a campaign promise of the Duterte administration.
On Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte approved the P1,000 increase in the pension of retired SSS members. The first tranche will be implemented this month while the second tranche is in 2022 or earlier. But the increase goes with a corresponding 1.5 percent contribution hike come May 2017.
The killing of Mandaya chieftain Cupertino Banugan was a “criminal act” and would not affect the peace talks, a ranking police official here said in a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 11.
President Rodrigo Duterte has finally approved the P1,000 increase in the pension of retired Social Security System (SSS) members. But the increase goes with a corresponding 1.5 percent contribution hike come May 2017.
The city council here approved under suspended rules Tuesday another P3 million cash assistance to three more provinces in Luzon that suffered from Typhoon Nina last December 2016.
An inter-agency task group of at least 3,000 personnel will be deployed for the launching of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations 2017 to be held in Davao City, a ranking official of the Police Regional Office 11 announced Monday.
