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PORT SECURITY. Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) monitor disembarking roll on-roll off (RoRo) passengers at a port in Isabela City, Basilan on Tuesday (Aug. 16, 2022). The PCG is on heightened alert and has placed more security and safety units in ports all over the country to prepare for the expected influx of students this August. (Photo courtesy of PCG) MANILA - The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has deployed more security and safety units in ports all over the country to prepare fo...

DAVAO CITY-The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Davao Region (DSWD-11) on Monday warned the public about the proliferation of fake Facebook (FB) accounts pretending to be belonging to the agency and contain the photos of Secretary Erwin Tulfo. The bogus Facebook accounts, it said, offer scholarships with the intention of defrauding the public. The agency urged the public to verify Facebook accounts and do a fact-checking to prove their legitimacy. "We ask the public to be vig...

JUPITER CABLE. Local and provincial government officials from Daet, Camarines Norte pose with executives of PLDT-Smart during the inauguration of the Jupiter Cable System landing station in the town on July 12, 2022. The cable system has been fired up since Friday (July 29, 2022) and is seen to boost the country's international data capacity and image as an investment destination. (Photo courtesy of PLDT) MANILA - The newest international cable system in the Philippines went officially onlin...

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday raised Alert Level 2 for Filipinos in Sri Lanka due to the security situation in that country but clarified that there is no evacuation plan yet. "The Department, in coordination with the office of the Philippine Honorary Consul General in Colombo, will be providing the needed assistance to Filipinos severely affected by the crisis. The Department would like to emphasize that there are no plans yet to evacuate Filipinos from Sri L...

MANDATORY TESTING. Workers of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) line up to take a mandatory random drug test on Friday (July 15, 2022). The MRT-3 said the testing is done in compliance with directives from the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and is meant to ensure the effective and proper delivery of service to the public. (Photo courtesy of MRT-3) MANILA - The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) on Friday administered mandatory random drug testing to all of its workers as part of its complianc...

Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez MANILA - The Marcos administration is looking at bringing in small modular reactors (SMR) being developed by the United States to the Philippines, a ranking official said. In an interview Thursday, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez said the Marcos administration is focused on pursuing more trade and economic activity with the US, especially in the area of addressing climate change and the development of clean energy. &quot...

VTMS MANUAL. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant Admiral Artemio Abu (3rd from left) and other officers of the PCG join the signing of the Center Cebu operations manual on the Vessel Traffic Management System (VTMS) at the PCG headquarters in Port Area, Manila on Wednesday (July 6, 2022). The PCG said the manual would serve as a guide and provide standard approaches on VTMS for safe and efficient navigation in the Cebu-Mactan channel. (Photo courtesy of PCG) MANILA - The Philippine Coast Gua...

DEPRECIATION. Fitch Solutions revises its average Philippine peso-US dollar forecast for 2022-223 as it sees the local unit further weakening against the greenback. It traced its projection partly to expectations of a widening current account deficit. (PNA file photo) MANILA - Expectations for the further widening of the Philippines' current account (CA) deficit made Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research forecast for the continued weakening of the local currency for this and nex...

MRT-3(File photo) MANILA - The free rides and antigen tests at the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) are coming to an end as the rail service holds the last day of the free services on Thursday. The end of the 'Libreng Sakay (free ride)' program comes after being extended twice -- lasting more than three months -- since it began on March 28. The free ride program was meant to celebrate the completion of the massive rehabilitation of the rail service and to help the public amidst the risi...

PNA photo MANILA - The minimum fare in public utility jeepneys (PUJs) will increase to PHP11 throughout the country beginning Friday after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) granted the petition of public transport groups. In an order released on Wednesday, the LTFRB said the new minimum fare is applicable during the first four kilometers, with no increase in succeeding kilometers. For modern PUJs, the minimum fare was increased to PHP13 for the first four kilometer...