Duterte condones real property taxes, interest/penalties assessed on IPPs’ power generation facilities
August 16, 2019
President Rodrigo Duterte has issued an executive order reducing and condoning real property taxes and interest or penalties assessed on the power generation facilities of independent power producers (IPP) under build-operate-transfer contracts with government-owned or -controlled corporations. Duterte signed EO
Albayalde hurls challenge to new Highway Patrol Group director
August 16, 2019
The head of the Philippine National Police (PNP) warned the new head of the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) that once an HPG member is arrested due to bribery, both will be relieved. Police General Oscar Albayalde posed this challenge to
De Lima back at PNP Custodial Center after visit to ailing mother
August 16, 2019
Senator Leila de Lima is back at the Philippine National Police ( PNP) Custodial Center after her eight-hour visit to her ailing mother in Iriga City last Thursday. In a text message to The Daily Manila Shimbun, PNP spokesperson Police
Four Chinese nationals were arrested at a casino in Pasay City.
August 16, 2019
Pasay City police nabbed four Chinese tourists identified as Hui Qin, 29 years old; Shengtao Tan, 40 years old; Kaisi Luo, 36 years old; and Pu Fei, 29 years old. The four were arrested inside the casino of the Resorts
South Korean tourist loses P200,000 worth of items in Palawan
August 16, 2019
A South Korean tourist lost P200,000 worth of items and cash after a theft broke into the apartment she is staying at Puerto Princesa City, Palawan on Wednesday, a regional police spokesperson said. Police Lt. Colonel Socrates Faltado of Mimaropa
North Korea fires projectiles into Sea of Japan again
August 16, 2019
Seoul–North Korea launched projectiles into the Sea of Japan twice Friday morning, its sixth such firing in recent weeks, South Korea’s military said. The projectiles were fired from Tongchon in Kangwon Province, eastern North Korea, according to South Korea’s Joint
Air Seoul to suspend Incheon-Toyama flights
August 16, 2019
Toyama–Air Seoul will suspend its regular flights connecting Incheon International Airport in South Korea with Toyama airport in central Japan, starting on Sept. 16, the Toyama prefectural government said Thursday. The move comes as bookings for the service for August
Typhoon Krosa lashes Western Japan; one dead, 33 Injured
August 16, 2019
Tokyo–Massive Typhoon Krosa made landfall in western Japan on Thursday, bringing strong winds and torrential rain, leaving one man dead and 33 people injured, and causing traffic chaos in a key summer holiday period. The typhoon, the 10th of this
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