MANILA – The Light Rail Transit-2 (LRT-2) and Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) will offer free rides during rush hours on Saturday as a way of marking the 123rd Independence Day. Trips of passengers of LRT-2 (Recto Avenue, Manila to Araneta Center, Cubao) and MRT-3 (North Avenue, Quezon City to Edsa, Pasay City) will…
MANILA – More than 58,000 local and overseas jobs are available at the online Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan (TNK) Job and Business Fair of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in celebration of the country’s 123rd Independence Day on June 12. Based on the data released by the department as of 10 a.m. Friday, a…
MANILA – The average daily number of new Covid-19 cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) is down by 17 percent for the period June 4 to 10, 2021, the OCTA Research Group reported Friday. From 1,116 the previous period, the past week averaged 926 daily. In its latest monitoring, OCTA said the reproduction number…
MANILA – The Sandiganbayan anti-graft court on Friday found four individuals guilty for the falsification of a construction project in Bataan in 2004. In a 38-page decision written by Associate Justice Efren Dela Cruz, the Sandiganbayan sentenced Provincial Engineer Amelia De Pano, Assistant Provincial Engineer Angelito Rodriguez, field engineer Noel Jimenez, and architect Bernard Capistrano…
MANILA – People residing in the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus can now visit gyms and historical sites, Malacañang said on Friday. This, after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) approved Thursday the partial reopening of gyms and other indoor non-contact sports, as well as the historical sites and…
MANILA – Coastal areas in seven provinces are positive for red tide, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Friday. The latest results indicated paralytic shellfish poison (PSP), or the toxin that causes red tide, is beyond the regulatory limit. The affected areas are the coastal waters of Dauis and Tagbilaran City…
