CEBU CITY: Over 1,000 indigent residents in four villages of Cordova town, Cebu province received free medical checkups, medicines and other non-medical services during a civic action mission conducted by the Philippine Army reservists and volunteer d…
BACOLOD CITY: The National Amnesty Commission (NAC), through the Local Amnesty Board (LAB) in this city, is accepting amnesty applications from former rebels in Negros Island and the neighboring provinces of Siquijor, Bohol and Cebu this week.
The fi…
CEBU CITY: Acting Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia on Monday warned traders against selling overpriced food and non-food products during the Palarong Pambansa from July 9 to 16.
A price monitoring team has been activated since Sunday to ensure that no trad…
DUMAGUETE CITY: Counter-insurgency operations continue in Negros Oriental against the communist New People’s Army (NPA) to prevent the recruitment of new members or the recovery of dismantled guerilla fronts, an official said Monday.
Lt. Stephen Poli…
BACOLOD CITY: Major road projects funded by the national government, particularly the more than PHP7 billion Bacolod-Negros Occidental Economic Highway (BANOCEH), are seen to create more growth centers in this city.
Bacolod City Lone District Rep. Gr…
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: Occupants of the National Housing Authority (NHA) resettlement site in the Municipality of Laua-an are advised to transfer temporarily to a safer place following a flash flood that affected the area on Sunday.
‘I advise the be…
ANKARA: Australian police arrested an official of Papua New Guinea (PNG) on the charge of domestic assault offense, local media reported on Sunday.
The PNG’s Minister for Petroleum Jimmy Maladina was arrested in Sydney near famed Bondi beach after po…
DAVAO CITY: At least 19 police station commanders were relieved from their posts effective Monday, the Police Regional Office in Davao Region (PRO-11) said.
In a statement, PRO-11 spokesperson Maj. Catherine Dela Rey said the relief came after the di…
MANILA: The number of jobless Filipinos went down to 2.11 million in May this year from 2.17 million in May 2023, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Monday.
Data released by the PSA showed that the unemployment rate in May was at 4.1 p…