The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has turned over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) some 94,000 50-kilogram bags of smuggled Vietnamese rice the BOC seized in mid-July at the Subic Freeport in Zambales.
For the second year in a row, girls ruled the annual Philippine Sudoku Super Challenge (PSSC) championships.
Stressing its “commitment to the pursuit of excellence,” the Department of Public Works and Highways plans to hire the best and the brightest young civil engineers in the country.
Amid the religious frenzy comes a word of caution.
The Philippine Coast Guard is conducting search-and-rescue operations for 45 fishing vessels and their over 300 crewmen reported missing off the coast of southeastern Mindanao amid the onslaught of Typhoon “Pablo” in the region early last week.
Buffeted by strong winds and huge waves, a 362-ton cargo vessel on Monday drifted from the Zamboanga City wharf and hit a nearby residential area where it damaged at least 21 houses, according to the Philippine Coast Guard.
Bureau of Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon calls himself an “active and proud member” of the ruling Liberal Party. But he has vowed to be “politically color blind” and not to use the agency for political purposes in the May 2013 midterm elections.
Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon has decided to stick to his present job at the Bureau of Customs instead of running for the Senate in the May 2013 elections.
The senate is open to passing a supplemental budget to finance projects aimed at addressing massive flooding brought by stronger-than-usual monsoon rains.
Malacañang on Monday rebuffed those advocating for a “super coalition” between the ruling Liberal Party (LP) and the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) of Vice President Jejomar Binay and former President Joseph Estrada.
The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) on Monday announced the formal acceptance of Senator Miguel Zubiri as part of its senatorial slate.
Vice President Jejomar Binay will be in “Mar Roxas country,” or Western Visayas, this week to meet with local officials and swear in new members of the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban from the region.
The Department of Foreign affairs, a member of the multi-agency Anti-Terrorism Council, on Monday said no foreign or local terrorist group was specified in connection with Malacañang’s disclosure Sunday of a possible terror threat during the Feast of the Black Nazarene procession in Manila.
