Customs seizes rice, cars worth P12M at Davao port
By Tina G. SantosThe Bureau of Customs on Thursday seized P12 million worth of allegedly smuggled rice and cars of still undetermined value at the Port of Davao.
The Bureau of Customs on Thursday seized P12 million worth of allegedly smuggled rice and cars of still undetermined value at the Port of Davao.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday vowed to prosecute persons found to have deliberately destroyed the compact flash (CF) cards of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines used during the recently concluded midterm elections.
No need to mess up the election calendar. That was President Aquino’s reaction on Tuesday to a suggestion from Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. that the barangay (village) elections set by law for October this year be postponed to either next year or to 2015.
Agents of the Bureau of Customs on Friday seized P25 million worth of allegedly smuggled cigarettes and condiments during a raid on a warehouse in Tondo.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is expecting more electoral protests this year compared to the last automated election in 2010 but not as many as they used to receive during the days of manual counting.
The fight continues for Ang Kapatiran Party (AKP) in 2016. Partial unofficial tally of votes as of 3 p.m. Tuesday showed that the party’s three senatorial bets, John Carlos Delos Reyes, Rizalito David and Marwil Llasos, ranked 25th, 29th and 31st in the 2013 senatorial race.
The poll watchdog Kontra Daya said cases of malfunctioning precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines were “widespread,” leading to voting delays in various parts of the country on Monday.
More women are moving out of the home and into wage employment in the nonagricultural sector, according to the Department of Labor and Employment.
Household service workers (HSWs) or house help—or as they are more commonly known today kasambahay—just got a big boost as a legitimate workforce after the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 10361, or the Kasambahay Law, were released on Thursday.
The Commission on Elections on Monday announced that the source code for the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines to be used in the May 13 elections will finally be released to the Comelec this week.
With just a few days left before May 13, political tensions are still running high in Taguig City with the two mayoral candidates announcing their intention to file charges against each other.
Long lines marked the job fair organized by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Public Employment and Services Office (Peso) on Wednesday at SM Megamall on Edsa in Mandaluyong City.
Marlyn Alcera has long been trying her luck to find a better-paying job. On Wednesday, her perseverance finally paid off, after having to queue since 6 a.m. to get into the job fair organized by the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) at a Pasay City Mall finally paid off.
