MANILA: The Japanese government is funding a ¥234 million (around PHP91 million) project to help raise voters’ awareness for the upcoming parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in 2025.
The initiative, …
CEBU CITY: A total of 49 barangays in Central Visayas are declared drug-cleared, according to the regional oversight committee report on Thursday.
Leia Alcantara, spokesperson of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-7, said that the Regional…
TABACO CITY: The Republic of Korea ship Il Chul Bong (LST-688) arrived at the Tabaco Port in Tabaco City, Albay province on Thursday, carrying soldiers who are ready to provide services and assistance to residents of Legazpi City during a two-week hum…
MANILA: The plunder complaint filed earlier this month by former senator Antonio Trillanes IV against former president Rodrigo Duterte may find its way back to the Department of Justice (DOJ) from the Office of the Ombudsman for further evaluation, Ju…
DUMAGUETE CITY: The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) – Negros Oriental has begun distributing PHP15 million worth of livelihood projects to beneficiaries in the province, an official said Thursday.
Rubie Cempron, DOLE-Negros Oriental senior …
DUMAGUETE CITY: The Commission on Elections-Negros Island Region (Comelec-NIR) welcomes the proposal to criminalize attacks and other similar aggressions against media practitioners, especially during an election period, an official said Thursday.
In…
DAVAO CITY: The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) is collating the necessary documents for the approval of the financial assistance to be given to areas hit by typhoon Carina in the National Capital Region.
In an interview o…
ANKARA: Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle broke the world record to win an Olympic gold in the men’s 100-meter freestyle on Wednesday.
In the finals held at the Paris La Defense Arena, Pan, 19, swam the 100 meters in 46.40 seconds to break his own world rec…
BAGUIO CITY: The Police Regional Office-Cordillera Administrative Region (PRO-CAR) said 97.79 percent or 798 of the 816 drug-affected villages in the region have been declared drug cleared.
‘Cordillera region is the second nationwide with the most nu…