J&T Express Philippines honors outstanding delivery riders

07/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As modern heroes of today, our delivery riders have a really huge impact in our day-to-day lives. Aside from making sure that our packages and orders are safe, they also ensure to get…

Duterte orders LGUs to help stranded individuals, vows to shoulder their hospital bill

Krissy Aguilar 05/29/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered local government units (LGUs) to extend help to Filipinos and even foreigners who are stranded in their area, adding he would shoulder their hospital bills if needed. “I…

BREAKING: NTC orders ABS-CBN to stop broadcast operations

Neil Arwin Mercado 05/05/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on Tuesday issued a Cease and Desist Order against ABS-CBN after its legislative franchise expired on May 4. In an Order dated May 5, the NTC directed ABS-CBN to…

SEC orders shutdown of 4 online lending ventures

Doris Dumlao-Abadilla 04/24/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered the shutdown of four online lending platforms that had been operating without the proper permits, imposing “unreasonable” terms and using “abusive” practices. The SEC issued the cease-and-desist order (CDO)…

LGUs told to stop misting on people

Rosalie Abatayo 04/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has advised local government units to prevent further health concerns from emerging by stopping its misting activities on people. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año, in an…

QC court orders arrest of Trillanes, 10 others over ‘Bikoy’ videos

Mariejo S. Ramos, Marlon Ramos 02/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A Quezon City court on Friday ordered the arrest of former senator Antonio Trillanes IV and 10 others over the widely circulated “Bikoy” videos that linked President Duterte and members of his family to the…

DILG orders creation of barangay response teams

Jeannette I. Andrade 02/03/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año ordered on Sunday all the barangays in the country to form health emergency response teams to help contain the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus even as the Philippine National…

Duterte orders travel ban, as PH records 1st virus death

Inquirer staff 02/03/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday ordered a ban on travel to the Philippines by foreigners coming from China, a day before he meets with health officials on the new coronavirus epidemic that has killed…

Duterte orders travel ban from Hubei

Darryl John Esguerra 01/31/2020

MANILA, Philippines—President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the imposition of a temporary ban on Chinese nationals from China’s Hubei province, where Wuhan City — the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak— is located as well as from other…

DILG orders LGUs to create Wuhan coronavirus task forces

Daphne Galvez 01/31/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed all local government units (LGUs) to establish their respective task forces to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This as…

PH orders mandatory repatriation of Filipinos in Iraq

Christia Marie Ramos 01/08/2020

Posted by Philippine Embassy in Iraq on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The government has ordered the mandatory repatriation of Filipinos in Iraq amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. In a Facebook Live early…

Albayalde orders return of PDEA chief’s police escorts

Jeannette I. Andrade, Marlon Ramos 10/01/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Gen. Oscar Albayalde, the Philippine National Police chief, has ordered the Central Luzon director, Brig. General Joel Coronel, to return four of the 15 police security escorts withdrawn from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency…

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