MANILA, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has suspended the franchise of Saulog Transit Inc., the bus company that figured in a road mishap last week that killed three people. In an order issued Monday, the regulator ordered the company to surrender the plate numbers for its 159 buses for a [...]
Pawnshop owner William Villarica has posted a P300,000 bail to evade prison after the justice department charged him with a multimillion-peso tax evasion case.
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau in the Caraga Region has disapproved a total of 74 applications for large and medium-scale mining in an effort to purge the region’s mine industry of unqualified mine firms.
BUTUAN CITY, Philippines – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau in the Caraga Region has disapproved a total of 74 applications for large and medium-scale mining in an effort to purge the region’s mine industry of unqualified mine firms. Alilo Ensomo, MGB director for Caraga, said the mining applications were shelved due to the firms’ failure [...]
MANILA, Philippines—The Supreme Court has upheld the P1.25-million fine on Universal Robina Corp. (URC) imposed by the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) and the Court of Appeals after its corn refinery plant was found to have polluted Pasig River with its wastewater. The high tribunal’s Third Division dismissed URC’s petition for review on certiorari, which [...]
A word war is brewing between Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief on-leave Virginia Torres.
MANILA, Philippines—Operatives of the Philippine Coast Guard temporarily confiscated 88 sacks of shells on a cargo vessel en route to Zamboanga City on Wednesday night. In a report released at around 4 p.m. Thursday, the PCG headquarters in Manila said the illegal cargo was found on board the Sea Dayang II, a wooden-hulled cargo vessel [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) General Manager Rodrigo Cabrera denied on Wednesday allegations of a fishpen operator that Cabrera and two others had extorted P300,000 from him. Cabrera said the accusation was a “demolition job” but he said he has formed a committee to investigate the alleged involvement of the two LLDA executives in [...]
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Trade and Industry will aid the Food and Drug Administration of the Department of Health in ensuring that Taiwanese products contaminated with Di(2-ethylhexyl) thalate (DEHP) do not enter the local market. Trade and Industry Undersecretary Zenaida Maglaya said a special market monitoring team was formed to ensure the removal [...]
MANILA, Philippines – Losses from the massive fish kill gripping the provinces of Batangas and Pangasinan have exceeded P190 million, a national disaster agency reported. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said that as of Monday afternoon, Batangas has reported P150 million in losses while Pangasinan reported P40.71 million. At least 374 [...]
BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Sur, Philippines – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has formed a team to look into reported abuses committed by multinational mining companies operating in the twin provinces of Surigao. Human Rights chair Loretta Ann Rosales said the team would look into irregularities in the acquisition of mine permits, displacements of [...]
MANILA, Philippines — A former Lanao del Norte congressman officially assumes his position as associate commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration on Monday. Lawyer Abdullah Mangotara, 58, was appointed by President Aquino on May 12. He took his oath of office before Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on May 17 and paid a courtesy call [...]
