April 2024

GENEVA: A Swiss NGO (non government organization) has concluded a study that found Nestle is adding sugar to its baby food in poorer countries.

According to analysis by Public Eye and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) published Tuesd…

MANILA: South Korea vowed to sustain its support to the Philippines’ ongoing efforts to combat marine litter and protect the marine environment.

The Korean Embassy reaffirmed this commitment during a clean-up drive along Manila Bay at the Las Piñas-P…

TACLOBAN CITY: Two members of the New People’s Army (NPA) and a member of the rebel’s militia unit have laid down their arms and voluntarily surrendered on Thursday to the military and members of the Municipal Task Force to End Local Communist Armed C…

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday called on the new graduates of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) to maximize the use of technology for ‘smart policing, fire prevention, and penology.’

Marcos made the call during the 45…

MANILA: Staff of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) received comprehensive training from the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) on Freedom of Information (FOI) to boost the uniformed group’s information transparency.

In a statement on Friday, the…

MANILA: The “Tara, Basa!” (Let’s Read!) tutoring program got going in Samar province on Friday, in line with the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) efforts to upscale the reformatted educational assistance program for struggling and…

BACOLOD CITY: The City of San Carlos in Negros Occidental has been found to have high fish biomass and coral cover, based on the assessment of the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute-Marine Environment and Resources Foundation (UPMS…

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) provided over PHP5.37 million worth of food packs for families affected by the El Niño phenomenon in five municipalities of Antique.

The department sent 8,833 family food…

BAGUIO CITY: Amid the legal battle between government-owned Bases Conversion and Development Corporation (BCDA) and Sobrepena group’s Camp John Hay Development Corporation (CJHDevCo), the city government remains hopeful it will soon receive its 25 per…

DUMAGUETE CITY: Three members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in southern Negros Oriental have surrendered to authorities to be reunited with their families.

One of the rebels has an infanticipating wife while an…

BACOLOD CITY: Victorias City opened on Thursday the Dairy Box, the first one-stop shop for carabao dairy products in Negros Occidental.

Located in Barangay I Satellite Market, Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez and Senator Mark Villar, representing his moth…