Mandaue bans house-to-house caroling, Christmas gatherings

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/26/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — There will be no house-to-house caroling and Christmas gatherings in Mandaue City this Christmas season. The Mandaue City government has banned these activities including caroling, which has been part of the Filipino tradition…

Duterte bans vaping in public and manufacture, sale of unregistered e-cigarettes

Darryl John Esguerra 02/28/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a ban on the manufacture, distribution, marketing and sale of unregistered e-cigarette products and its use in public places. Duterte signed Executive Order 106 last Feb. 26, months after he verbally banned…

POEA totally bans deployment of OFWs to Iraq

Krixia Subingsubing 01/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) has imposed a total ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Iraq, formalizing the government’s efforts to repatriate Filipinos amid escalating tensions between the United…

PNP bans ‘Ang Probinsyano’ from using police assets, personnel

Inquirer.net 11/18/2018

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has ordered all its units to stop allowing the teleserye “Ang Probinsyano” from using their personnel, equipment, and facilities, following the show’s alleged negative portrayal of the agency. “All units, offices, and…

Danao City bans single-use plastics

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 09/26/2018

The Danao City Government has started to ban single-use plastics, starting on Tuesday (September 25).  Engr. Leonidez Martel, head of Danao City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO), said plastics are rampant in the city and the…

New Zealand bans most foreigners from buying homes

AP 08/15/2018

WELLINGTON — New Zealand has banned most foreigners from buying homes as it tries to tackle runaway housing prices. The government on Wednesday passed legislation that allows only New Zealand residents to buy homes as it attempts…

Tomas bans plastic inside City Hall

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/03/2018

Employees of the Cebu City Hall have barely a month from now before they start living a plastic-free work life. This development came after Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña signed a memorandum on July 3 banning single-use…

Germany bans old diesel fueled vehicles

AFP 05/30/2018

Hamburg on Thursday will become the first German city to ban older diesel vehicles from some highly polluted stretches of road, as public confidence in the once-loved technology goes up in smoke. A 1,600-meter stretch of highway…

Mactan’s resorts, hotels still fully booked; Moalboal bans tents on its beach

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/14/2018

IT’S still a busy summer for hotels and resorts on Mactan Island even if findings from the Environmental and Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB 7) revealed high levels of fecal coliform contamination in the seawater around…

Alarmed by killings, Radaza also bans bonnets, masks in Lapu-lapu

Norman V. Mendoza 03/14/2018

ALARMED by the series killings in her city involving motor-riding and bonnet-wearing assailants, Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza has asked the police to start implementing an existing city ordinance banning the use of bonnets, face masks or…

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