ALL KELANTAN ASSEMBLYMEN TO RECEIVE EQUAL ALLOCATIONS – MB

Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Mohd Nassuruddin Daud has assured all assemblymen that they will receive equal allocations from the state government.He said that the state government would treat all assemblymen fairly, including those from the opposition…

PETROL, DIESEL PRICES UNCHANGED TILL AUG 30

The retail prices of RON97 and RON95 petrol as well as diesel will remain unchanged for the Aug 24 to 30 period.The Ministry of Finance, in a statement today, said that based on the weekly retail pricing of petroleum products using the Automatic Prici…

SC disbars lawyer for forging court order 17 years ago

The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday said it has disbarred a Bacolod City lawyer for forging a court order and giving it to his client to make it appear that a court had ruled in a case the lawyer supposedly filed. The court in a statement said the tri…

BuCor eyes K-9 units, body cams, CCTV in upgrade push

Long overdue upgrades in security measures for prison facilities including scanners, closed circuit TV (CCTV) and guard dogs are among the Bureau of Corrections’ (BuCor) priorities, its top official said Wednesday. Following the request of the House C…

Gatchalian alarmed over low educ participation rate in BARMM

A senator expressed concern over the low number of children going to school in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) during a public hearing on Wednesday held by the Senate Committee on Basic Education. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, w…

NEDA Board approves 3 more infra flagship projects

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board on Wednesday approved the inclusion of three more projects in the list of the government’s priority infrastructure projects. In a televised briefing at Malacañan Palace in Manila, NEDA Secre…

Senate panel discusses push to establish rainwater facilities

The Senate Committee on Public Works on Wednesday opened discussions on various bills seeking to mandate the establishment, management, maintenance, and regulation of a rainwater harvesting facility in all new institutional, commercial, industrial, an…