LEGAZPI CITY: Construction works have started on a housing project of the Marcos administration in the southern portion of this city.
In an interview on Monday, Legazpi City Mayor Carmen Geraldine Rosal said the project located in Barangay Homapon is…
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on Sunday on parole after serving six months of a one-year sentence, local media reported.
Wearing a face mask, Thaksin, 74, was released from a police hospital in Bangkok and left for his h…
LEGAZPI CITY: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is appealing to the youth to register and participate in the country’s democratic process of voting.
In his message during the opening of the Special Satellite and Register Anywhere Project (SSARAP)…
Nine rural banks and a bank consortium in the Philippines will receive grants from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) amounting to USD655,000 to implement digital transformation solutions to better service underserved and unbanked sectors.
In a statem…
DUMAGUETE CITY: – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Negros Oriental has already started its registration of children below five years old for the national identification program, an official said Monday.
Engr. Ariel Fortuito, chief Statist…
The Department of Health on Monday warned the public anew against online advertisements of commercial products, including milk and other supplements, claiming to be endorsed by the department.
In a statement, the agency reiterated that the endorseme…
LA TRINIDAD: The municipal tourism office of this capital town said they received 750,000 tourists last year, breaching the pre-pandemic arrivals in 2019.
‘We have an estimated 750,000 tourists arrival in 2023 and we are happy that we get to benefit …
Two persons died in a fire that hit a residential and six boarding houses Sunday afternoon in Barangay San Nicolas in La Paz district, leaving 173 others homeless.
The fire that started at 4:15 p.m. gutted seven houses, the Bureau of Fire Protection…
MANILA: The Sandiganbayan has granted a motion for bill of particulars filed by former Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) executive director Samuel Jardin, in connection with the graft complaint against him arising from alleg…
Big-time oil price hikes will greet consumers on Tuesday morning as companies will increase pump prices by more than PHP1 per liter.
In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Petro Gazz, PTT, Seaoil and Shell said they will hike gasoline pri…
MANILA: – Senator Francis Escudero on Monday said the enactment of four measures into laws by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. would boost the country’s education sector.
‘I thank President Marcos for his expeditious action on our bills,” Escudero s…
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said Monday it will scale up its research and boost rice production following the signing of an agreement with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
‘This agreement with IRRI will help DA realize its vi…
