Brunei News Gazette

Day: May 18, 2023

Parts of Pateros, Makati, Taguig waterless on May 22-25

Residents in some parts of Pateros, Makati City, and Taguig City will experience water interruptions from May 22 to 25 as the Manila Water Company has scheduled service improvement activities in these areas. In its advisory on Thursday, Manila Water s…

PNP chief hails SAF on 40th year, highlights civilian rights

The Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) celebrated its 40th founding anniversary on Wednesday at the NCRPO Grandstand, Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan,6 Taguig City. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr., the guest of honor and speaker, h…

More than 1.5M Koreans at risk of ‘lonely death,’ survey says

More than 1.5 million South Korean people are at risk of “lonely death” or unattended death, accounting for 3 percent of the country’s population, a government survey showed Thursday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it had conducted the poll o…

Gov’t releases P7.68B cash aid for over 7M recipients

The Marcos administration has released some PHP7.68 billion in subsidies to more than seven million beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) targeted cash transfer (TCT) program. In a statement released Thursday, the …

Fake MMDA employee nabbed for robbery extortion

A 36-year-old male was arrested in an entrapment operation in Quezon City for allegedly extorting money while posing as personnel of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). In a news release issued Thursday, the MMDA said the suspect, id…

774 E. Visayas schools cancel in-person classes due to heat

At least 774 public elementary and secondary schools in Eastern Visayas have suspended face-to-face classes this week and shifted to different learning modalities due to extreme heat, the Department of Education (DepEd) reported. These learning mode c…