A private van crashed on a center island along the EDSA Buendia Southbound lane. Police initially said the van’s driver was drunk.
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Electricity power price hike seen by 2015
Energy price hikes of about 25 centavos per kilowatt hour are expected by year 2015, according to House of Representatives Committee on Energy Chairmen Reynaldo Umali. Private companies are thus advised to use generators or interruptible load programs as aid to the crisis. Under the interruptible load program (ILP), customers with large loads like commercial establishments will be asked to operate their own generator sets. This is if the grid operator projects a need to […]
Lucio Tan regains full control of Philippine Airlines
MANILA (PNA) — The Group of Dr. Lucio C. Tan formally sealed the deal with San Miguel Corporation (SMC) to buy back Philippine Airlines (PAL), SMC and PAL Holdings, Inc. disclosed to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Tuesday morning. In their disclosures, the companies said that, “The two biggest stockholders of Philippine Airlines – San Miguel Corporation (SMC) and the Group of Dr. Lucio C. Tan – signed a joint agreement whereby SMC expressed willingness […]
DILG offers reward money for info on cop “hulidap” suspects
Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas is ready to offer reward money to anyone who can give information that will lead to the arrest of the seven other police suspects involved in the so-called EDSA “Hulidap” that happened on September 1.” President Aquino himself had approved the offer of the reward money.
President Aquino says sorry for Friday’s massive traffic, says port decongestion is on track
MANILA, Philippines — Saying the traffic problem could hurt the economy, President Aquino apologized for the massive traffic jam that had stranded motorists and commuters travelling to Metro Manila from the northern provinces for several hours last Friday. The President said he would review the video footages of Friday’s traffic at the North Luzon Expressway President Aquino said he would also review video footages to determine what caused the heavy traffic at the North Luzon […]
Aga Muhlac, Rep. Fuentebella agree to drop election case
The House of Representatives has dismissed actor Aga Muhlach’s election protest against the Camarines Sur representative.
President Aquino to personally submit BBL to congress on Wednesday
Presidential peace adviser Teresita Deles confirmed that President Aquino will personally hand over the draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law to the Congress.
Palparan pre-trial postponed
Presiding Judge Teodora Gonzales re-scheduled the pre-trial proceedings against retired Major-General Jovita Palparan.
Rollback in petroleum products
Oil companies are scheduled to implement price rollbacks this week on petroleum products, with 20-30 centavos to be deducted on diesel prices and 20-10 centavos on kerosene.
DFA budget hearing in Congress
The Department of Foreign Affairs is currently presenting their budget in a Congressional hearing while OFWs conduct protest actions outside of Congress.
Bangsamoro Basic Law prioritized
Senate President Franklin Drilon asked the senate to prioritize the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law.
Implementation of Last Mile route
Today marks the start of the implementation of the last mile route for the trucks of Manila port. This was implemented to solve the problem of port decongestion.
