Manila: Maritime and air surveillance patrols will continue in all Philippine-held features in the West Philippine Sea, a ranking Philippine Navy official said Monday.
This came after the pullout of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel BRP Teresa …
ILOILO CITY – Over PHP9.33 million worth of assistance has been released to families affected by the southwest monsoon and enhanced by Tropical Cyclone ‘Ferdie’ in Western Visayas, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)….
DAVAO CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Davao Region (BFAR-11) launched the 61st Fish Conservation Week on Monday, focusing on sustainability and food security.
‘This annual event underscores the importance of conserving our fi…
Manila: Grandmaster Julio Catalino Sadorra stunned super GM Vladimir Fedoseev as the Philippines beat Slovenia, 2.5-1.5, in the fifth round to enter the Top 10 of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad at the BOK Sports Hall in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday.
The…
Manila: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is investigating a Philippine-flagged dredging vessel with six purportedly undocumented Chinese crew members.
In an incident report Monday, the PCG said MV Sangko Uno, a hopper dredger ship, was anchored at Na…
Manila: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday it has processed more than half a million applications for voter reactivation.
Citing its latest data, the poll body said it has received 556,231 applications for reactivation from Feb. 12 to …
Manila: Senators unanimously approved on Monday Senate Bill No. 2568 or the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) Act, which seeks to enable senior high school and technical vocational school graduates to obtain co…
BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) on Monday raised its alert status from blue to red in anticipation of the effects of the prevailing southwest monsoon (habagat) and Tropical Depression Gene…
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) is confident of attracting more tourists to Eastern Visayas through the launching of tour programs that will link islands in the Visayas.
DOT-Eastern Visayas Regional Director Karina Rosa Tiopes said o…
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Animal bite cases here have reached 17,000 for the second quarter of the year, according to the City Health Office (CHO).
Reagan Abbu, CHO health education promotion officer, shared the data during a media briefing on Monday.
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Manila: The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is poised to start its own Narcotics Detection Dog Breeding Program (NDDBP) to enable the agency to breed and train its own K-9 units.
During Monday’s budget deliberations at the Senate, PDEA Dire…
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Pangasinan on Monday declared a blue alert as Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 was raised due to Tropical Depression Gener.
Blue alert requires 60 percent of Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO)…
