Central Luzon drivers picket LTFRB hearing on new routes in Pampanga

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 05:59:58 +0000

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—More than 50 leaders of the No-to-Jeepney-Phase-Out Coalition and Piston Central Luzon picketed the Central Luzon office of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board here at noon on Friday (Jan. 11) to protest the new developmental routes being drawn up by the agency.

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Central Luzon drivers picket LTFRB hearing on new routes in Pampanga

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 05:59:58 +0000

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—More than 50 leaders of the No-to-Jeepney-Phase-Out Coalition and Piston Central Luzon picketed the Central Luzon office of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board here at noon on Friday (Jan. 11) to protest the new developmental routes being drawn up by the agency.

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31,000 workers regularized in Central Luzon

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 08:25:29 +0000

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—The Department of Labor and Employment on Thursday (Jan. 10) said 272 companies based in Central Luzon have regularized 31,005 employees. DOLE Central Luzon director  Zenaida Angara-Campita, said in a report that 174 of these companies voluntarily complied with the government’s policy against illegal contracting schemes. Following DOLE inspections, 98 establishments have […]

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Irrigation repairs seen to delay rice planting

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 21:23:37 +0000

Seven towns in Pangasinan, Tarlac, and Nueva Ecija provinces were forced to suspend planting rice for six months starting in November.

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DID YOU KNOW: Regions with highest number of HIV cases since 1984

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 21:09:47 +0000

From January 1984 to September this year, the regions with the highest number of reported human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases were Metro Manila with 23,478 (40 percent of the total) cases, Calabarzon with 8,754 cases (15 percent) and Central Luzon with 5,366 cases (9 percent). — Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research

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‘Domeng’ out of PH; no relief yet from rains

Tropical storm “Domeng” (international name “Maliksi”) will be outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility this morning but rains from the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by the tropical cyclone will continue to drench most parts of Luzon and Western Visayas until tomorrow.

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