Health Secretary Enrique Ona motored to key government and private hospitals in Metro Manila on Friday morning to make sure medical personnel are ready to deal with New Year’s Eve revelry-related injuries. As of 11:30 a.m. Friday, the Department of Health (DoH) reported firecracker injuries rose to 245, including nine victims of stray bullets. With [...]
Effective Saturday, January 1, 2011, the toll fees at the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) will be up by 11.8 percent. It means that the P36 peso toll fee from Balintawak toll plaza to the Bocaue toll plaza will now be P41, the Manila North Tollways Corporation (MNTC) announced on Friday. An additional P2.38 per kilometer [...]
The leader of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Friday urged the people to refuse corrupt practices and dishonesty which affect every level of the society. “Let us then intensify and sustain this righteous effort of eradicating graft and corruption,” said Bishop Nereo Odchimar in his New Year’s message. However, despite the [...]
SINALUBONG ng makukulay na fireworks at maiingay na paputok ang pagpasok ng Bagong Taon sa Pilipinas kahit na ipinagbawal ng mga otoridad ang malalakas na paputok upang maiwasan ang mga aksidente.
ISINULONG nitong Huwebes ng isang kongresista na maparusahan ng hanggang 30 taong pagkabilanggo ang sinumang sangkot sa cybersex operations sa bansa, makaraang mabatid na mas lumala pa ang operasyon nito. Inihain ni Pampanga Rep. Carmelo Lazatin ang House Bill 1444 na mahigpit na nagbabawal sa operasyon ng cybersex sa bansa o ang paggamit ng computer [...]
MAG-INGAT at mag-ingat at mag-ingat sa mga inireregalo sa inyo. Bago kayo tumanggap ng mga regalo, tiyakin muna ninyo kung bomba yan o hindi. At hindi dapat ngayong Kapaskuhan lang kayo mag-ingat. Dapat sa buong taon. Ang nakagagalit nang husto, mga Bro, ay kung sino ang dapat na magbukas ng regalo para lang matiyak na [...]
GAANO ba katotoo ang sinasabi ng lolo ko na kung may usok, may apoy? May nakikita kasing usok sa Makati fuel pipeline. Hindi dahil sa may nasusunog doon na gasolina o diesel o kaya’y may nagpapaputok ng paputok kundi dahil sa umano’y korapsyon kaugnay ng sana’y pagbubukas muli ng pipeline. Puwede na umanong mag-business as [...]
THE agriculture sector in Central Visayas suffered a 4.9-percent production loss during the first half of the year, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) 7 reported. In its recently released Regional Economic Situationer (RES), the agency noted that while the regional economy’s growth “accelerated” during the first six months, with exports and tourist arrivals [...]
CANINE cohorts, bomb sniffing dogs, top dogs, lap dogs, bitches and riches, poodles and noodles, wolves and wolverines, garcias y gracias, all ye multitudes gone to the dogs… daemon est deus inversus… lend your ears and its maxed up hearing range to everyone who shoos away blessings, does blasts instead on New Year’s eve. So [...]
