The Daily Manila Shimbun

 

Labor official eyes emergency employment for underemployed

July 30, 2017

A senior official of the labor department said he would propose a program allowing  allow workers with insufficient earnings to avail of the government’s emergency employment program. Labor Undersecretary Joel Maglunsod said Sunday he is looking at the feasibility of

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Smart “halfway through” network upgrade in Metro Manila

July 30, 2017

Expect more days of intermittent mobile phone signal for subscribers of Smart Communications in Metro Manila. “We are halfway through ( networks upgrade) in North NCR [National Capital Region], while we are close to completion in South NCR,” Mario Tamayo,

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Antipolo bishop relieves priest arrested for alleged trafficking

July 30, 2017

Antipolo Bishop Francis de Leon has relieved Monsignor Arnel Lagarejos from his duties after he was arrested last Friday by the Marikina police for allegedly “pimping” a 13-year-old girl. In a report by CBCPNews Sunday, de Leon said he removed

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Police arrest priest suspected of alleged sexual abuse

July 29, 2017

Police arrested a parish priest who allegedly tried to sexually abuse a 13-year-old girl in Marikina City in an entrapment operation on Friday. Chief Superintendent Romulo Sapitula, Eastern Police District director, said Arnel Lagarejos, 55, assigned in Taytay municipality, was

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49.65% of barangays nationwide drug affected: PDEA

49.65% of barangays nationwide drug affected: PDEA

July 29, 2017

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) revealed that out of 42,036 barangays in the country, 49.65 percent are considered drug-affected, with the National Capital Region having the highest rate with 96.48 percent. PDEA Director General Isidro Lapeña said, in a

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Typhoon Gorio moves towards Taiwan, depression turns into storm

July 29, 2017

Typhoon Gorio sustained its strength as it move towards Taiwan while tropical depression Haetang has developed into tropical storm, the Philippine Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Saturday. Weather forecaster Sheila Reyes said Typhoon Gorio has sustained a maximum

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House committee approves bills ending “endo”

July 29, 2017

The House committee on labor and employment moved a step closer towards the passage of bills seeking to end the practices of contractualization and de-regularization of workers by approving the creation of a technical working group (TWG) that will consolidate

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Police arrest son of former Cebu vice governor 

July 29, 2017

Police arrested the son of the former vice governor in Cebu on Saturday morning with three others for illegal possession of firearms and illegal possession of drugs and paraphernalia in Cebu City. Superintendent Marlu Conag, chief of Tuburan Municipal Police

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