At least two remote and conflict-affected villages in the town of Sison, Surigao del Norte are now connected to the town center with the completion of the concreting of a farm-to-market road. Sison town Mayor Karissa Fetalvero-Paronia said the
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the World Bank (WB) on Thursday held a technical discussion to further enhance the ongoing implementation of the Beneficiary First Social Protection Project (BFIRST Project) at the DSWD Centr…
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Thursday cautioned the public against fixers and scammers who offer assistance in exchange for money. In a statement, the DBM told the public to avoid transacting with unscrupulous individuals promising…
A lawmaker on Thursday requested the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to include old motorcycles in the coverage of its recent memorandum circular providing a three-year registration validity. In a letter addressed to Department of Transportation Assi…
Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Thursday urged leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and South Korea to work closer together for peace, stability and prosperity in the region. Romualdez made the call in his message
The Philippines, Japan and the United States kicked off on Thursday their first-ever trilateral maritime exercise , reflecting an increasing interest to level up cooperation for a free and open Indo-Pacific. In an arrival ceremony in Manila, Japan Emb…
Efforts to clean up the massive oil spill in Mindoro are now on its final phase with the arrival of a vessel intended for siphon operations, the National Task Force on Oil Spill Management said Thursday. The task force
Police drug enforcement teams arrested three suspects and seized more than PHP4.5 million worth of shabu in a separate buy-bust operations in this city Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The sting operations were conducted by personnel of the Regio…
