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NEW PROBE. Committee on Public Services chairperson Senator Grace Poe calls for a probe on a yet another "human trafficking" scheme at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) involving private aircrafts and foreign nationals. Delivering a privilege speech on Wednesday (Feb. 15, 2023), Poe said police and airport authorities failed to stop the departure of a Feb. 13 Dubai-bound flight that carried 10 foreigners, but only seven were declared before immigration officials.(Photo cour...

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - Eight municipalities and one city in the Ilocos Region have established their own Barangay Employment Services Office (BESO) to help facilitate job seeking for the residents in their communities. In a phone interview on Tuesday, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Ilocos Region information officer Justin Marbella said the eight municipalities are Infanta, Mangatarem, Sual, Urbiztondo and Villasis in Pangasinan, as well as Bacnotan and Naguilian in La Union, and Baca...

SECURITY BREACH.Screeners and their supervisors at the NAIA are under probe for filming at the security checkpoint. The female personnel who frisked the male passengers is also under probe since female to male screening is only allowed when there is inadequate manpower particularly in provincial airports.(Screenshots from video clip posted on "Enhypen" Facebook page) MANILA-Several screeners at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), as well as their supervisors, are under inves...

DRUG BUST. Police operatives apprehend 32 drug suspects and seize 19 sachets of suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP918,000 after a buy-bust operation in a drug den in Barangay Bakhaw in Iloilo City's Mandurriao on Wednesday evening (Jan. 25, 2023). Regional police director, Brig. Gen. Leo M. Francisco, said on Thursday afternoon (Jan. 26, 2023) it took the operatives two weeks to be able to penetrate the drug den in a squatter's area.(Photo courtesy of RPDEU 6) ILOILO C...

RATE DECLINE. Average rate of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' (BSP) 28-day bills went down anew on Friday (Jan. 20, 2023), which BSP Deputy Governor Francisco Dakila Jr. traced to the strong demand for the debt paper. The debt paper was oversubscribed even after BSP hiked the offer volume from PHP160 billion to PHP190 billion. (Photo courtesy of the BSP) MANILA -Rate of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilpinas' (BSP) 28-day bills slipped anew on Friday amidst strong demand for the debt paper on t...

BSP Deputy Governor Francisco Dakila Jr. (File photo) MANILA - Rates of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' (BSP) term deposit facility (TDF) declined on Wednesday, with demand favoring the shorter tenor facility. Data released by the central bank show that the average rate of the seven-day TDF slipped to 6.2973 percent from 6.3553 percent during the auction last Jan. 11. Also, the rate of the 14-day facility declined to 6.3733 percent from last week's 6.3980 percent. The central bank lower...

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], December 12 (ANI/PNN): Tea, or 'chai' as it is known locally, is undeniably India's national drink, and no brand understands the emotion behind it better than India's Most Trusted Tea Brand - Wagh Bakri. To commemorate the accolade, the brand previously launched a three-ad campaign labelled 'PyaarWaliChai' in collaboration with tiqui-taka, a Mumbai-based creative agency which was very well received by its millions of happy sippers. The fourth ...

REGISTRATION TARGET. The Department of Agrarian Reform in Bicol (DAR-5) aims to include over 3,000 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the Registry System for Basic Sector in Agriculture (RSBSA) by the end of the year. Geri Buensalida, DAR-5 information officer, said on Monday (Sept. 12, 2022) members and non-members of ARB organizations should enroll so they could easily avail of government assistance. (Image from DAR-Bicol's Facebook page) LEGAZPI CITY - The Department of Agrarian Refo...

LEGAZPI CITY - Four suspected drug pushers were arrested while PHP4.7 million worth of illegal drugs were seized in two separate anti-drug operations in Camarines Sur on Sunday, the Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO5) reported Monday. Maj. Malu Calubaquib, PRO5 spokesperson, identified those nabbed as siblings Edcel Dellagas, 35, and Richard Dellagas, 39, both residents of Barangay Sigamot, Libmanan town. Their arrests in Zone 3 of the same village were done by operatives of the Regional Poli...