November 22, 2023

Heavy rains trigger fish kill in CamSur Lake

Some 80,000 kilograms of tilapia worth PHP3 million were lost in a fish kill that hit Lake Buhi in Camarines Sur after continuous heavy rains pummeled the area for several days, an official of the Bureau of Fisheries and

Read More

DILG cites 16 NorMin LGUs for anti-drug programs

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday awarded 16 local government units (LGUs) in the Northern Mindanao Region for implementing exemplary performance in the anti-illegal drugs campaign.

During the National Anti-Drug…

Read More

Israel, Hamas announce prisoner swap deal

The Israeli government and the Palestinian group Hamas agreed to a prisoner exchange deal early Wednesday.

After almost six hours of debate, a deal was approved by the Israeli Cabinet where 50 hostages consisting of children and women held

Read More

Ex-Davao Oriental town mayor killed

A gunman shot dead a former mayor of Cateel town, Davao Oriental, outside a fast food chain in Barangay Buhangin in this city on Wednesday morning.

Giselo Velasco Castillones, the mayor of Cateel from 1983 to 1986, was sitting

Read More

30 Ilocos villages get almost P3-M livelihood aid

At least 30 villages near the Bislak River in Ilocos Norte on Wednesday received almost PHP3 million worth of livelihood aid from Harbor Star Shipping Services Inc., tapped to dredge around 26 kilometers of the heavily silted waterway.

Barangay

Read More