MANILA: National University Nazareth School defeated De La Salle Zobel, 70-61, to secure a semifinal berth in the UAAP Season 86 high school boys basketball tournament at the Filoil EcoOil Centre on Wednesday.

Nigerian Collins Akowe, who is leading t…

MANILA: House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Tuesday (Switzerland time) met with leading sovereign fund managers and top government leaders on the second day of the 2024 Annual World Economic Forum in Davos.

Romualdez said the meeting opene…

MANILA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday said it officially turned over core shelter units to 309 beneficiaries from 25 barangays in Diffun, Quirino province on Jan. 12.

The initiative was part of the DSWD’s Core

BUENAVISTA: An association of coconut farmers in Antique is a recipient of PHP42-million assistance from the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) for a cooking oil processing center that will rise in Barangay Fund…

MANILA: Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Z. Duterte said on Wednesday that SM Supermalls would accept graduates of K to 12 as employees based on her recent meeting with its officials.

“Napag-usapan din namin ang posibleng partnership ng

MANILA: The chairperson of the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday said existing laws granting senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) a 20-percent discount should be amended to cover promotional discounts offered by establishment…

MANILA: The Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) budget for 2024 will be used to support its regular operations, Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said Wednesday.

‘The Constitution grants fiscal autonomy to the Comelec and declares that its approved …

MANILA: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it has found a lawyer guilty of grave misconduct for unlawfully taking case records in the sensational 2007 murder case of Ruby Rose Barrameda-Jimenez.

In a statement, the high tribunal has affirmed the

MANILA: The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday assured that there would be no delay in the processing of promotions of third-level police officers.

DILG Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. made the statement after the Natio…

MANILA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday took pride of having achieved a milestone after completing 16,975 sub-projects in 2023 under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Socia…

MANILA: The amended Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) constitution, which was revised to conform with the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) principles on good governance, was approved during the Extraordinary General Assembly last Tuesday.

It …

MANILA: The government is sticking to its gross domestic product (GDP) target of 6.5 to 7.5 percent for 2024 despite many organizations forecasting the economic expansion this year will miss the administration’s goal.

National Economic and Developmen…