The ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban) of President Rodrigo Duterte today (Oct. 3) announced that Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao has been automatically expelled from the party for filing his certificate of candidacy (COC) under the Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives (PROMDI), a relatively unknown party based in Cebu.
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso will file his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for President Monday, Oct. 4, which is also the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi.
The Department of Science and Technology Region I (DOST-I), through its Provincial Science and Technology Center- La Union (PSTC-LU), conducted calibration and water sampling services to beneficiaries of the Community Empowerment through Science and Technology (CEST) program in Santol, La Union last Aug. 23 to Aug. 24, 2021.
The Department of Science and Technology- Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-Phivolcs) inaugurated the Phivolcs Mindanao Cluster Monitoring Center for Earthquake and Tsunami (PMCMCET) facility on Sept. 24, 2021, to provide capable nationwide earthquake and tsunami monitoring that would ensure continuity of operations when the main office located in Quezon City fails to function immediately after an emergency or disruption.
The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) lauded the Philippine Senate for the passage of Senate Bill (S.B.) 2332, which elevates the age of sexual consent from 12 to 16 and redefines rape under the Revised Penal Code.
As efforts to secure the borders remain in place, the Bureau of Customs-Port of NAIA recently seized six shipments from Hongkong found to contain 146,600 boxes of medicine with an estimated value of P29,328,000 with no Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance.
