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A commercial/residential building in Pasay City was gutted by fire dawn Friday, May 30, with eight recorded dead because the owner locked the employees inside the building. All the fatalities were women who were reportedly locked inside their room by their Filipino-Chinese employer during the night. Firemen found the dead women inside the locked room. They apparently died from suffocation. Nine other women employees were able to escape. Authorities are now investigating the incident.
Prices of many meat products, which are ordinarily used as packed meals or “baon” for students, rose as school opening nears.
From Php 8, the minimum fare will now be Php 8.50 for the first four kilometers and an additional 10 centavos for the succeeding kilometers. The fare increase is approved by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board.
The government will focus on many sectors, especially the agricultural sector, in preparation for the impending ASEAN integration.
As the school opening nears, many shoppers went to Divisoria in search of cheap school supplies.
Mindanao experiences rains due to an inter-tropical convergence zone while Luzon also experiences rains due to the ridge of the high-pressure area,
MANILA, Philippines — The Aquino administration has approved nine major projects in infrastructure, transportation, water supply, and health care worth P62.3 billion, during a marathon meeting in Malacanang on Thursday (May 29). In a statement issued on Friday, May 30, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said the projects were approved by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Board on Thursday during their meeting that began at 1 p.m. and ended at almost […]
Department of Education has reiterated that public schools are not allowed to collect any fees as a requirement for enrollment.
The Makati Regional Trial Court immediately ordered the Philippine National Police to return Janet Lim Napoles to Ft. Sto. Domingo in Laguna, denying her motion to stay at the Ospital ng Makati.
A party-list representative is questioning the plan of the SSS and Philhealth to increase the monthly contributions of their members, saying that it will only burden the Filipino workers in the light of increasing price of basic commodities.
Together with the Department of Trade and Industry secretary and Food and Drug Administration, Senator Bam Aquino visited the vendors of school supplies in Divisoria in preparation for the opening of the new school year.
After the relocation of residents in North Harbor, Tondo, Manila, the Department of Public Works and Highways started projects at the said area.
