MANILA: Former Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday said former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte directed the transfer of PHP47.6 billion from the Department of Health (DOH) to the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management …
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Zelenskyy asks PH help for mental health workers; Marcos obliges
MANILA: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for humanitarian assistance, particularly in the mental health of Ukrainian soldiers amid the ongoing war with Russia.
In his meeting with Marcos at the M…
Barangay officials seek approval of budget for energization projects
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: Barangay captains in Antique appealed for the approval of the provincial government’s PHP1.07 billion Supplemental Budget (SB) No. 1, containing, among others, proposed allocations for streetlights and home solar energization p…
Residents’ group brings joy to inmates in Oriental Mindoro
MANILA: The Association of Mindoreños (TAMs) has launched a heartwarming outreach program and gift-giving activity for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the district jails in Naujan town and Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro.
The TAMs said the ini…
BFAR to Bohol beachgoers: Beware of jellyfish
CEBU CITY: The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Central Visayas (Region 7) on Monday advised beachgoers against concentrations of jellyfish spotted in two areas between Panglao and Tagbilaran City in Bohol.
Johann Tejada, spokesperson…
PH manufacturing records growth anew in May
MANILA: The Philippine manufacturing sector continued to post a positive performance in May 2024, the S and P Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) reported Monday.
The country’s manufacturing score last month recorded an index higher…
BFAR: Fishing unhampered in WPS despite China’s unilateral ban
MANILA: The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Monday reported that Filipinos continue to fish unhampered in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) despite China’s unilateral fishing ban.
In a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon interview, BFAR spokesper…
DMW: Filipinos in Taiwan, Japan safe amid quakes
MANILA: The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Monday said no Filipinos were injured in Taiwan and Japan that were struck by earthquakes.
In a statement, the DMW said initial reports from the Migrant Workers Office in Osaka, Japan (MWO-Osaka) sai…
9 rebel returnees in Rizal get cash aid from gov’t
ANTIPOLO CITY: Rizal’s provincial government on Monday welcomed nine former rebels of the New People’s Army (NPA) back into the fold of the law with some cash and a chance at a fresh start.
In ceremonies held at the Ynares Center Complex in this city…