Customs examiner opens diplomatic pouch, gets severe tongue lashing
A RANKING Customs official has reprimanded a Customs examiner, who conducted “unauthorized examination” of the diplomatic pouches consigned to the Japanese Embassy in Manila.
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A RANKING Customs official has reprimanded a Customs examiner, who conducted “unauthorized examination” of the diplomatic pouches consigned to the Japanese Embassy in Manila.
THE United Kingdom (UK) is looking to sign a new defense agreement with the Philippines by October, with the possibility of bringing British military expertise into the country.
THERE is no Islamic State of Iraq and al-Syria (Isis) in the Philippines and those seen in photographs are criminals hiding behind masks, British Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines Asif Ahmad said.
Instead of a pay hike, 99 percent of Department of Science and Technology (DOST) personnel will get a pay cut on the first year of the implementation of the proposed Salary Standardization Law IV (SSL IV) due to a provision that threatens to repeal all Magna Carta for scientists, engineers, researchers and other science and technology (S&T) personnel benefits.
By Recto L. Mercene
By Recto Mercene
WHEN Foreign Affairs Spokesman Charles C. Jose was sent by his father to a Chinese school in Manila, the elder Jose believed that fluency in the Mandarin tongue would be his son’s ticket to a successful business career.
By Recto Mercene
By Recto L. Mercene
By Recto Mercene
A local aviation expert sees a favorable outlook for commercial aviation worldwide in view of the continuing decline in oil prices, and domestic air carriers could be headed to a 10-percent to 15-percent growth for 2016.
THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday said it will summon Chinese Embassy officials in Manila to hand them another diplomatic protests over China’s incursions at the Fiery Cross Reef (Kagitingan Reef) on the West Philippine Sea on Saturday.
The jobs of close to 3 million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East, including the 1.5 million in Saudi Arabia, are being threatened by the shrinking income from oil revenues, and the Philippines should be forewarned of the implications of this development that could adversely affect the country’s $26.9 billion (P1.20 trillion) in OFWs’ remittances.
THE Philippines recognizes the progress Iraq has made in the fight against human trafficking and is looking forward to assisting Baghdad in its efforts to strengthen its existing mechanisms to address this concern, the Philippine Embassy in Baghdad said.
THE Philippine Embassy is hoping to convince more Iraqis to travel to Manila in the coming months following the launching of the “Visit the Philippines Again 2016” tourism-promotion program in Baghdad.
SINCE 2013 the Philippine aviation sector is being hammered by epic congestions, both on the ground and in the air.
THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) should stop collecting P50 from motorists for nonexistent car-registration stickers until problems surrounding its long-delayed issuance have been resolved, Sen. Francis G. Escudero said on Thursday.
‘LET us avoid finger-pointing in the death of Joselito Zapanta,” said Susan “Toots” Ople, head of the Blas Ople Policy Center, even as former Ambassador Roy Señeres Sr. put the blame squarely on President Aquino’s shoulder.
THE Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday amended the temporary restraining order (TRO) against the ruling of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) disqualifying Sen. Grace Poe-Llamanzares in the May 9, 2016, presidential elections.
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