Pangasinan police shootfest raises funds for ill colleagues

MALASIQUI: The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) started a two-day shoot fest on Friday to raise funds for 21 ill officers

In an interview, PPPO director Col. Jeff Fanged said parts of the proceeds of the invitational fundraising activity wi…

Easterlies, ‘amihan’ to bring cloudy skies, isolated rains over PH

MANILA: The easterlies and the northeast monsoon or ‘amihan’ will bring partly cloudy skies with isolated rain showers across the country, the weather bureau said Friday.

In its 4 a.m. weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Ast…

Group says resisting transport modernization ‘a lost cause’

MANILA: The Liga ng Transportasyon at Operators ng Pilipinas (LTOP) steadfastly refused to take part in the ongoing strike organized by another transport group because continued resistance to the modernization of public utility vehicles (PUVs) is a lo…

Bulgaria Parliament eases adoptees’ access to adoption records

SOFIA: The Parliament adopted revisions to the Family Code that ease adoptees’ access to their adoption records.

The revisions scrap the requirement for “significant circumstances” that can start the procedure for granting adoptees access to the info…

7 NPA rebels yield in Surigao Sur

BUTUAN: Seven members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the Army’s 36th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Carmen town, Surigao del Sur province, a military official here said Friday.

In a statement, Lt. Col. Vincent Viray, the 36IB commander, sa…

DepEd: Hauling of learning resources from Transpac resumes

MANILA: The Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Friday that the distribution of learning equipment for students has resumed this month.

It has resumed amid a resolution filed in the House of Representatives seeking to investigate the alleged…

Probe ‘abusive, illegal’ collection practices of online lending firms

MANILA: Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a resolution urging the Senate to investigate the alleged ‘abusive and possibly illegal’ debt collection practices of online lending companies.

In filing Senate ResolutionNo, 882, Hontiveros cited earlier rep…