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BuCor modifies training for prison staff to attract applicants

MANILA: Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. has ordered the modification of training courses for prison management officers in a bid to attract more applicants and meet the requirements of the agency.

Catapang iss…

Comelec tags Smartmatic over offshore accounts

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has allegedly unraveled those behind the two offshore bank accounts in Cayman Islands supposedly owned by the head of the poll body.

According to Comelec Chairman George Garcia, upon thorough research, th…

Australia to launch work, holiday visas for Filipinos soon

MANILA: The Australian government is launching its work and holiday visa for Filipino nationals “in the coming months,” the Australian Embassy in Manila said Thursday.

‘Both countries are now undertaking the administrative arrangements necessary befo…

INEC eyes tie-up with ACEN to lower power rates

LAOAG CITY: The Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) on Thursday said it is in talks with the Ayala-led ACEN Corporation for supply of clean energy and to lower the power rates in the province.

‘We are talking with power providers like ACEN to fi…

US activist Merle Ratner to rest in peace in Vietnam

The cremated ashes of Merle Ratner, a left-wing and anti-war US activist and a friend of Vietnam, left New York for Vietnam at a ceremony held by the Permanent Mission of Vietnam in New York, her relatives and friends on August 7.

Source : Vietnam …

CA freezes Quiboloy, KOJC assets

MANILA: The Court of Appeals (CA) has issued a freeze order on known assets of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) and its officers led by Pastor Apollo Carreon Quiboloy.

The August 6 notice issued by the CA’s Special 3rd Division covered 10 bank acco…