MANILA: The Japanese government turned over on Tuesday a USD62,247 (about PHP3.6 million) food processing training center in Bombon, Camarines Sur to help local farmers build capacity.
The Japanese Embassy in Manila provided the grant to the Pilipina…
Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez and Lone District Rep. Greg Gasataya here switched posts, running for congressman and mayor, respectively, under Team Asenso Bacolod in the May 2025 elections.
Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran is challenging Gasataya for t…
MANILA: The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) intercepted a parcel containing some PHP111 million worth of shabu at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) complex in Pasay City on Tuesday.
PDEA said its agents, together with NAIA-Inter-Age…
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) reported collecting PHP13.1 billion in taxes from January to August this year across its district offices in Northern Mindanao, marking a 12.3 percent increase compared to the same period in 2023.
BIR Revenue Reg…
MANILA: The country’s successful bid to host the 2025 Terra Madre Asia Pacific in Bacolod City is expected to put Negros Island on the radar of culinary tourists from across the globe, the Philippine Embassy in Italy said.
Slow Food International ear…
The United Nations Habitat Philippines (UN-Habitat) and the Surigao City government opened Monday the city’s first model housing unit for the Sama-Badjau residents.
The model housing unit, a quadruplex that could accommodate four families, was opene…
MANILA: The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) announced on Monday night the end of “habagat” or southwest monsoon season.
“The country is now transitioning to the northeast monsoon season, which may…
MANILA: The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), former operator of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), on Tuesday abolished 844 plantilla positions following the airport’s privatization.
Most of these were the positions of those…
The 17th ‘Bui Xuan Phai: For the Love of Hanoi’ Awards were presented at a ceremony held at the Temple of Literature in the capital city on October 8, with the Grand Prize honouring architect Hoang Dao Kinh.
Addressing the event, General Director of…