Animals also moved out of Mayon danger zone

Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/11/2023

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, Philippines — Aside from the evacuation of residents, the movement of farm animals to safer ground has also started in villages within the danger zone of the restive Mayon Volcano. Godofredo dela Rosa, 63,…

Bongbong Marcos unveils P1B Pier 88, promises faster transit in Visayas

Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/27/2023

LILOAN, Cebu — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday led the grand launching of Pier 88 in this municipality, which offers a faster transport alternative for passengers and for cargo in Cebu and other provinces of the…

Lawmaker proposes six-hour class in public schools

Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/14/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez wants to limit school hours in public schools to six hours a day to protect teachers’ welfare and elevate the quality of basic education. Rodriguez, chair of the…

DepEd forms task force to review K-12 program

Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/14/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) has formed a task force that would review the senior high school program amid efforts to revamp the K-12 curriculum, including making the last two years of basic education voluntary. In…

Duterte: Marcos right about drug war ‘abuses’

Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/13/2023

ILIGAN CITY—Ex-President Rodrigo Duterte affirmed the observations of President Marcos that abuses were committed in the course of the former’s antidrug campaign. “I am sure [that] if you read the context of the President’s speech, which I had…

Probe of delayed national IDs pushed

Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/04/2023

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III is calling for a Senate blue ribbon investigation of the prolonged delay in the issuance of the national identification cards (ID), saying this could be a telltale sign of wrongdoing within…

Frequent outages seen in the Visayas

Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/29/2023

CEBU CITY—Power consumers in the Visayas have been advised to prepare for possible rotational brownouts because the energy supply may be lower than what is needed by the six Visayan islands interconnected in the grid. The National…

Trade chief wants to limit annual holidays to 10

Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/22/2023

Noting that the many holidays in the country have become “an issue” to the business sector, Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual said he wants to limit the number of annual holidays to 10. This means Filipinos would be…

Airport registration system goes paperless

Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/02/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will stop the use of paper-based departure cards and instead opt for the government’s online registration system. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco announced on Friday that they would expand the…

LA Tenorio visits Antipolo Cathedral amid cancer battle

Philippine Daily Inquirer 03/25/2023

MANILA, Philippines–LA Tenorio on Friday sought spiritual guidance in his ongoing battle against colon cancer when he went to Antipolo Cathedral following Barangay Ginebra’s victory over San Miguel Beer in Game 1 of the PBA Governors’ Cup…

Traffic enforcer dies after saving cyclist

Philippine Daily Inquirer 03/24/2023

A traffic enforcer on duty was crushed to death by a 14-wheeler truck while helping pedestrians cross a street in Quezon City on Wednesday, March 22. The pedestrians were all safe including the cyclist whom the victim…

Feasibility study for building PH’s first suspended transport system in Cebu launched

Philippine Daily Inquirer 03/22/2023

CEBU CITY — A feasibility study was launched to construct the country’s first suspended transport system that will be built in Mandaue City, Cebu. Futran (or Future of Transport) Philippines, Inc. signed a Memorandum of Agreement with…

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