The agreement will cover the importation, sale, distribution, operation, management, and maintenance of Gogoro’s two-wheeled electric scooters. Gogoro Philippines will also handle the battery swapping technology, battery swapping stations for the e-scooters, and after-sales services business in the Philippines.
The 12 officials and employees were placed under preventive suspension until the administrative process of their case is terminated. The suspension will not exceed six months, but the officials will not receive their pay during the said duration, “except when the delay in the disposition of the case is due to their fault,...
“Of course, you have traffic. I mean, there’s traffic all over the world in areas that the economy is really doing [well],” said Joey Concepcion III, who acts as the President’s private sector lead advisor on the jobs sector....
“But who would keep us safe if there were no police?” A better question to ask is: “Does the police actually keep us safe right now?” Or perhaps: “Why is it that safety and managing harm is monopolized by an inherently violent apparatus?” The fact of the matter is that the police do not deter harm; they react to it...
“The train operator was able to immediately apply the emergency brake when the passenger jumped on the tracks,” said Transportation Assistant Secretary for Railways Jorjette Aquino.
Auditors raised concerns that the cash assistance released under the 4Ps program have possibly gone to families who do not belong to the poorest sector, or those included in the Listahanan.
It’s currently unclear whether the unavailability of the Instagram page is also the result of a user report leading to deletion.
Currently, the Philippine government spends for 100% of the pensions of retired military and uniformed personnel. Spending on pensions, as of 2022, has already outpaced maintenance, operating expenses, and capital outlays....
The DA, which up to this point is still headed by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., wants P50 million in confidential funds for 2024. This amount is on top of the P2.31 billion in intel funds and P2.25 billion in confidential funds that Marcos will have access to under the Office of the President....
Thousands of children in Bukidnon are not in schools but are instead in agricultural fields and business establishments, working for at least 20 hours a week to supplement their families’ incomes.
Based on immigration records, Sonza was on the active watch list on account of a warrant of arrest for 11 counts of estafa. The warrant was signed by Judge Editha Miña-Aguba of Quezon City RTC Branch 100, according to the immigration spokesperson.
In a media statement, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) insisted, in all caps, that “RICE SUPPLY IS SUFFICIENT.”
“It turns out that the police officer who was wearing the body cam didn’t turn it on during the operation. That’s why I am also ordering an investigation on him.” Jemboy Baltazar, mistaken for a suspect, was shot dead on August 2 after jumping off a boat in Barangay NBBS Kaunlaran.
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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ unemployment rate inched up to 4.5% in June, bringing the total number of jobless Filipinos to 2.3 million, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, August 9....
Reacting to the recent firing by the Chinese Coast Guard of water cannons at a Philippine vessel, Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said the incident pushes them to “rally the world to condemn acts which have no place in a civilized order.”...
