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Landbank branches extend banking hours after ATM troubles on Friday

MANILA -- Branches of state-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) will be operating until 6pm Friday, July 20, after depositors encounter day-long problems with its automated teller machines (ATMs). In an advisory,...

PCOO vows probe into COA report on ASEAN expenses

MANILA – The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) on Friday assured that it will address the Commission on Audit’s (COA) findings on the alleged procurement irregularities in the Association of Southeast Asian...

QC adopts updated disaster contingency plan for ‘Big One’

MANILA -- The Quezon City Council on Friday passed a resolution adopting the updated “Quezon City Contingency Plan for Earthquake” in preparation for the so-called “Big One”. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and...

DTI to consider realities in crafting ease of doing biz act IRR

MANILA -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will look into practical realities in the bureaucracy and their limitations in crafting the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No....

Martires tops JBC shortlist for Ombudsman

MANILA -- Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Samuel Martires led the shortlist of nominees to replace outgoing Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales. This was confirmed by Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, an ex-officio member of the...

Drug case vs. Espinosa, others to ‘hold water’: Albayalde

MANILA -- Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde on Friday expressed confidence that the evidence against self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa, convicted drug kingpin Peter Co, and several others...

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