TACLOBAN: The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the National Nutrition Council (NNC) on Friday forged a new partnership agreement to carry out the dietary supplementation program in agrarian reform communities in Eastern Visayas.
DAR Eastern Vi…
MANILA: Vice President Sara Z. Duterte lamented on Friday the reported bribery attempts in order to push through with a People’s Initiative (PI) for charter change.
Duterte said that the PI attempts, which she said also happen in her hometown, Davao …
ISTANBUL: The Ax-3 space mission began its journey to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, blasting off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with its four-person crew, including Trkiye’s first spacefarer, Alper Gezeravci.
It launched from S…
BACOLOD: Public elementary schools in two islands and an upland village in Sagay City, Negros Occidental got a learning boost through the computerized information kiosks or electronic (e)-libraries of the Science and Technology Academic and Research-B…
MANILA: The country’s balance of payments (BOP) position posted a surplus of USD642 million in December last year.
Data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Friday showed that the surplus last month was higher than the USD612-million …
ILOILO: The majority of the public utility vehicles (PUVs) in Iloilo have been consolidated into various transport cooperatives, according to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Friday.
In a press conference Friday, LT…
MANILA: The shear line affecting the eastern sections of the Visayas and Mindanao is forecast to bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over Caraga and the Davao Region, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomica…
CAGAYAN DE ORO: Northern Mindanao’s focus crime incidents in 2023 showed a 6.5-percent drop from the previous year, the regional police office here said Friday.
Last year’s data from the Police Regional Office in Northern Mindanao (PRO-10) showed 2,1…
MANILA: The Sandiganbayan on Friday acquitted Senator Jinggoy Estrada and businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles of plunder charges in connection with the so-called pork barrel scam on account of reasonable doubt.
In its 396-page decision, the anti-graft co…