NGCP.PHA CONSUMER group on Tuesday asked the government to explain how it plans to solve the “vicious cycle” of power failures in Luzon and the Visayas region. In a statement, Kuryente.Org asked what the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) was doing to upgrade its

PHILIPPINE STAR/ EDD GUMBANTHE HOUSE of Representatives on Tuesday passed on second reading a bill that seeks to postpone village and youth elections to next year. House Bill 4673 calls for the elections to be moved to the first Monday of December 2023 from Dec. 5.

BW FILE PHOTOCONGRESSMEN from Mindanao on Tuesday sought a bigger budget for the region next year to boost infrastructure including farm-to-market roads. In a statement, Basilan Rep. Mujiv S. Hataman said Mindanao’s 2023 infrastructure budget was cut by 64% to P30.49 billion from this year. “We are

JAPAN and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed an agreement supporting the reduction of small arms and light weapons in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, according to a statement released by the Japanese Embassy on Tuesday.  “This project will be a big

PHILIPPINE STAR/ EDD GUMBANA CONGRESSMAN on Tuesday asked the Department of Transportation (DoTr) to look into its site acquisition process for a 53-hectare land that affected farmers in Misamis Occidental. Party-list Rep. Rodante D. Marcoleta told a House of Representatives hearing he had received a letter

THE INTELLECTUAL Property Office of the Philippines on Tuesday warned the public against fake Lego toys being sold locally.  In a statement on Tuesday, the agency said the National Bureau of Investigation had seized 2,000 boxes of fake Lego products worth P6.2 million at a mall

PHILIPPINE STAR/ RUSSEL PALMAA LAWMAKER has filed a resolution asking the National Government to allow preschoolers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.  Iloilo Rep. Lorenz R. Defensor in House Resolution 270, she urged the government and Department of Health (DoH) to include children aged 3 to

PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOTHE HOUSE basic education committee on Tuesday approved a resolution that seeks to formulate a disaster-resilient design for schools. House Resolution 289 filed by Dinagat Islands Rep. Alan 1 B. Ecleo seeks to create an interdepartmental deal between the Department of Public Works and

BUCORTHE BUREAU of Corrections has released more than 350 inmates, including sick and elderly ones, as it tries to decongest the country’s jails. “I hope that we never see each other again,” bureau Director-General Gerald Q. Bantag told inmates in Filipino at a ceremony for their

THE National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has directed telecommunication companies to block or deactivate domains and uniform resource locators (URLs) contained in scam text messages.In a letter to Smart Communications, Inc., Globe Telecom, Inc., and DITO Telecommunity Corp. dated Sept. 12, NTC Commissioner Gamaliel A. Cordoba