Private operators to pick up many of B.C.’s Greyhound routes, but gaps remain

VICTORIA — A patchwork of transportation service is being stitched together across British Columbia as Greyhound pulls its buses out of Western Canada, but some holes still...

Government ushers in pay equity legislation for federally regulated workers

OTTAWA — The Liberal government introduced long-awaited pay-equity legislation Monday for federally regulated workers. Labour Minister Patty Hajdu said the proposed proactive pay legislation is intended...

Can’t always treat everyone the same, commissioner says of straight pride flag

Nothing wrong with PRRD move placing BOC under ‘military control’

MANILA — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Monday said there is nothing improper in President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement to place the Bureau of Customs (BOC) under “military...

AFP ‘acknowledges’ PRRD order to support BOC

MANILA — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday announced that it has taken “cognizance” of President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to support the Bureau of...

PH condoles with Indonesia over passenger plane crash

MANILA — The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), on Monday offered its sympathies and prayers to Indonesia after a Lion Air 737 aircraft...

Sandiganbayan junks ex-DA exec’s plea to dismiss graft rap

MANILA — The Sandiganbayan has dismissed for lack of merit the appeal to dismiss the graft case of a former executive of the Department of Agriculture (DA)...

Bus drivers in QC terminals undergo surprise drug test

MANILA — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) together with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Monday conducted...

Lapeña bows out of BOC

MANILA — Outgoing Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Isidro Lapeña said he had accomplished much during his stint in the bureau for more than a year. “I...

PNP Northern Luzon units brace for impact of ‘Rosita’

MANILA — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday alerted all of its units in Northern Luzon for the onslaught of Typhoon Rosita (international name Yutu). “I...