Day: September 17, 2024

BuCor to craft GCTA plan for heinous crime convicts

Manila: The Bureau of Corrections has formed a technical working group (TWG) to implement the Supreme Court (SC) ruling to include persons convicted of heinous crimes in the coverage of Republic Act (RA) 10592, or the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA…

DAR: P10-B available for ARBs under LandBank’s new lending program

Manila: The Land Bank of the Philippines’ (LandBank) new lending program “AgriSenso” is expected to benefit hundreds of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), including the whole agriculture value chain in the country, the Department of Agrarian Reform…

PRO-11 eyes sedition raps vs. KOJC members over rowdy rally

Manila: The Philippine National Police (PNP) is fine-tuning the charges for inciting to sedition against supporters of jailed Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy.

In a radio interview Tuesday, Police Regional Office-Davao Region (PR…

P30-B upfront payment on NAIA deal bolsters gov’t revenues

Manila: The PHP30-billion upfront payment from San Miguel Corporation-led New NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC) for the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) public-private partnership (PPP) project will boost the government’s non-tax revenue stream, Financ…

BTr fully awards Treasury bonds

Manila: The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) fully awarded the reissued 10-year Treasury bonds (T-bonds) on Tuesday.

With a remaining term of nine years and four months, the T-bond fetched an average rate of 5.967 percent, lower than both its previous re…

‘Gener’ to exit PAR within 24 hours

Manila: Tropical Depression Gener is crossing the Cordillera Region and is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) within 24 hours, the weather bureau said Tuesday.

‘After 24 hours, nakikita natin na nasa labas na ng PAR o posibl…