President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo inspects the present supplies of rice during their inspection of a National Food Authority warehouse Thursday in Butuan City. (Malacañang photo)
MANILA -- The Senate and the House of Representatives are reviewing existing laws that seek to impose harsher penalties against profiteers and reform the country's importation procedures amid the looming rice crisis.
House Speaker Prospero Nograles called for a review of the Price Act with the end view of imposing harsher penalties for hoarding and profiteering to fight the continuing rise in the prices of rice.
CEBU CITY -- Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal challenged on Thursday the public to help rebuild the Oslob parish church within the year, as investigators identified an electrical short-circuit as the cause behind last Wednesday's fire.
DAVAO CITY -- The full-page advertisement in a national paper containing alleged discrimination against Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) graduates over Philippine Military Academy (PMA) alumni is taking its toll in Davao region.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Security has been so tight around the USS Vandegrift that protesters were driven away by Philippine naval authorities a kilometer away from Macabalan, Cagayan de Oro City Thursday where the warship was docked.
