BAGUIO CITY – Completion of five new Baguio Water District (BWD) deep wells will further close the gap in the city’s 60,000 cubic meters daily demand, especially during peak tourism season.
BWD general manager engineer Salvador Royeca, in a report t…
ILOILO CITY – Sustained anti-drug operations in Western Visayas last month yielded PHP42.3 million worth of illegal drugs, the Police Regional Office 6 said Monday.
Data showed that 230 police operations were conducted last month that led to the arr…
Manila: Super Typhoon Julian has affected 33,110 farmers and left more than PHP 600 million in agricultural damage, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Monday.
‘Based on the assessment of DA Regional Field Offices (RFOs) in Cordillera, Administra…
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Program (DA-PRDP) Caraga recently approved a PHP242 million project to enhance the tuna industry in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur.
In a statement Monday, DA-13 said the Tuna Con…
Manila: Oil firms will increase prices of diesel and kerosene while there will be no adjustment for gasoline prices this week.
This will be the second straight week that local oil players increased pump prices.
On Monday, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, P…
Manila: Economic managers will meet soon to possibly revise upwards the growth target for the year following the better-than-expected inflation data last month.
Headline inflation eased to a four-year low of 1.9 percent in September.
“We’re very hap…
DAVAO CITY – The Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) has formed an alliance with the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) for local positions in Maguindanao del Sur and Maguindanao del Norte in preparation for the upcoming midterm elections.
During…
Manila: The Department of Agriculture (DA) said Monday that it expanded the government-controlled vaccination against African swine fever (ASF) in Batangas province to include more villages in Lobo town and Lipa City.
In an ambush interview, DA Assis…
Manila: Mapua University and College of Saint Benilde will try to stay on top when they face separate rivals in the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Season 100 men’s basketball tournament at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on Tuesday.
The C…