Bato: Cops with bad aim to be disarmed

Police officers who can’t shoot straight will lose their service firearms. Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa has ordered all PNP members to undergo marksmanship training, and those who fail will be disarmed to prevent them from causing collateral damage. Dela Rosa admitted that on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 as the best, the average marksmanship...

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Phl seen outperforming Asean neighbors’ growth

The Philippines is expected to have the fastest growth for the second year in a row among the five major economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN-5) in 2017. Philippine Ambassador to France Ma. Theresa Lazaro presented recently the annual Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India...

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Official Gazette slammed over historical revisionism

Dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. declared martial law to suppress communist insurgency and secessionism in Mindanao and stepped down in 1986 to avoid bloodshed during an uprising later known as people power, the Official Gazette claimed in a post that it later took down after drawing flak from the public. The Official Gazette, the official journal of the Philippine government,...

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Gov’t subsidies to GOCCs up P35 B in July

Bigger subsidies were provided to more government-owned and – controlled corporations (GOCCs) last July than in the same period a year ago, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. A total of P35.26 billion in credit were extended to six GOCCs during the first month of the Duterte administration, up more than 15 times from last year’s P2.32 billion provided to three...

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NEDA to pursue strategic trade on rice

Farmers are expected to diversify their crops and explore other “strategic” products that may be exported and give them better incomes once restrictions on rice imports are lifted next year. “What we want, really, is to have a very strategic trade policy with respect to rice and be more strategic also with respect to agriculture,” said Rosemarie Edillon, deputy director-general...

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5 ‘carjackers’ killed in shootout

URDANETA CITY – Five suspected members of a carjacking group were killed in an encounter with police officers in Barangay Nancalobasaan in this city before dawn yesterday. Police said Jomar delos Santos, Ronnie Chico, Arnold Bandara and Gilbert Tiomico had identification cards on their persons. The fifth suspect was described as wearing a white T-shirt and blue denim...

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Phl ranks 9th in offering best value for flights

Reflective of a booming local aviation industry, the Philippines was found to have the ninth cheapest airline tickets in the world, according to ranking by an online travel agency. The country ranked ninth out of 75 countries with an average flight cost of $7.76 per 100-kilometer of travel for both local and international trips, this year’s Aviation Price Index released...

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