CAMP SIONGCO: Military pursuit operations are ongoing against a group of suspected local terrorists who harassed on Sunday government soldiers helping civilians affected by recent flash floods in Datu Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur.
Lt. Col. Roden Orbon…
MANILA: Senate President Francis Escudero does not consider the divorce and death penalty bills controversial but neither are they among their priorities.
At the press briefing on Monday after opening the Third Regular Session of the 19th Congress, E…
MANILA: Education Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara on Monday announced the suspension of teachers’ submissions for the Results-Based Performance Management System (RBPMS).
Angara said an order would be issued within the day to give teachers ample time t…
DUMAGUETE CITY: The Department of Labor and Employment has allocated some PHP4.1 million in additional livelihood aid to vulnerable sectors in Negros Oriental.
Rubie Cempron, Labor and Employment Officer III and Livelihood Focal Person of the DOLE-Ne…
ILOILO CITY: The city government here has enforced preemptive evacuation of communities residing in high risk and those with high exposure to the impact of Tropical Storm Carina.
‘During our inspection yesterday, we are expecting more than a thousand…
MANILA: The Marcos administration continues to diversify its trade partners by forging free trade agreements (FTAs) with various countries.
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Undersecretary for International Trade Group Allan Gepty said in a rece…
MANILA: Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Monday welcomed the hiring of 178 new lawyers in the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO), saying it will boost the services provided by the agency to indigent litigants.
‘Gone are the …
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: The provincial board lifted the state of calamity due to the El Niño phenomenon in Antique through a resolution passed during the regular session on Monday.
Board Member Victor Condez cited the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction…
MANILA: The Senate leadership assured the public that it would not be affected by “unnecessary political noise” as it resumed on Monday the third regular session of the 19th Congress ahead of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nati…