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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 for the first day of classes and partial return of face-to-face mode of learning in August. In a Faceb...

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 vigilant and be careful of fake news. This will be used for fraud and extortion," DSWD-11 said. Tu...

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 online after PLDT launched the system on Friday. In a statement, PLDT said the Jupiter Cable system has b...

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 Lanka at this time," it said in an advisory. Based on its latest data, there are more than 500 F...

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 compliance with regulations by the Civil Service Commission (CSC). In a Facebook post, the MRT-3 said the act...