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Claims office set up for residents affected by oil spill in Or. Mindoro By Charles Dantes
VOL. XXXVI • NO. 46 • 3 SECTIONS 12 PAGES • P20 • TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2023 • www.manilastandard.net • mst.daydesk@gmail.com
ORIENTAL Mindoro Governor Humerlito Dolor said a claims office has already been established in the region to help residents affected by the oil spill crisis caused by the sunken MT
Princess Empress. Dolor announced in a media briefing that four claims processors have arrived in Oriental Mindoro and a physical office in the capitol was set up to cater people filing for compensation.
Kin to Rep. Teves: Face raps
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Brother says family calls for his return, cites Marcos’ vow for safety
By Rey E. Requejo, Charles Dantes and Maricel V. Cruz
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HE family of suspended Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. has appealed to him to return to the Philippines and face the charges against him. “While I cannot decide for him, we are of the opinion and we are hoping that he will really decide to come home,” said the lawmaker’s younger brother, former Negros Oriental governor Pryde Henry Teves on Monday. “Maybe to stop all this and shed light on everything, maybe it’s about time he comes home. One way or another he would have to face all of this. And he has to come home,” he added. The younger Teves said he is confident his brother will be safe once he returns home given the promise made by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to beef up his security. “If it’s the President himself who guarantees his safety, I think he will be safe enough,” Pryde said. As this developed, the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday said Rep. Next page
Oil firms slash gas, kerosene, diesel prices By Alena Mae S. Flores KEROSENE led the latest oil price rollback across all petroleum products at P1.90 per liter effective 6 a.m. today (Tuesday) to reflect the softening of prices in the world oil market. Oil firms also cut the price of diesel by P1.30 per liter and gasoline by P0.85 per liter. “Phoenix Petroleum Philippines will Next page
INTERCONNECTED ROAD NETWORK. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. inaugurates the first section of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Connector from Caloocan to España, Manila on Monday, March 27, 2023. With him are Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan and MPIC/MPTC Chairman Manuel Pangilinan. Revoli Cortez
PBBM vows more road networks, housing projects on gov’t idle land By Vince Lopez and Vito Barcelo
frastructure projects that will improve the interconnectivity of the country’s PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on road networks. The President also committed to use Monday vowed that his administration will continue to push for more in- idle government land to build more
housing projects. ing of the Disiplina Village in Arkong Mr. Marcos on Monday led the inau- Bato Park in Valenzuela City. guration of the North Luzon Express“We will not stop here, and we will conway (NLEX) Connector from Caloocan tinue to develop a highly interconnected to España Section and the groundbreakNext page
NGCP warns of power breaks as ancillary service deal ends By Alena Mae S. Flores and Maricel V. Cruz THE National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) on Monday asked the Department of Energy to step in to prevent “avoidable” power interruptions after the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) denied its request for a monthon-month extension of its ancillary services agreements that have expired.
Ancillary services are deployed by grid operators to maintain grid stability and reliability in response to changes in power supply and demand. These services can include frequency regulation, reserve power, reactive power and black start capability. In a letter to Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla, the NGCP said unless the ERC withdraws its order, the Next page
FESTIVE VIBE. Tourists walk along the Bacolod Baywalk, dotted by colorful IG-worthy art installations. Manny Marcelo
LTO to go on heightened alert for Holy Week exodus By Darwin G Amojelar and Charles Dantes
ing March 31, Friday until April 10, in- part of measures to ensure the safety of cluding weekends, in line with “Oplan the public and motorists for the coming Biyaheng Ayos: Semana Santa and Holy Week and summer vacation. He said the agency is focused on the THE Land Transportation Office said it Summer Vacation 2023.” LTO chief Jay Art Tugade said this is will go on heightened alert status startNext page
Catapang to reshuffle all prisons, penal farms personnel By Rey Requejo
he will reshuffle all personnel in the his oath before Justice Secretary Jesus agency’s prisons and penal farms. Remulla yesterday. “There will be a reshuffle,” Cata“I don’t want to preempt it, I will NEWLY-APPOINTED Bureau of Corrections chief Gregorio Catapang Jr. said pang said in an interview after he took Next page
PERMANENT NOW. Bureau of Corrections Director-General Gregorio Catapang Jr. takes his oath before Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla at the Department of Justice office in Manila, on Monday, March 27, 2023. Norman Cruz