BUTUAN: A communist New People’s Army (NPA) guerrilla was killed after a 10-minute encounter in the hinterlands of Buenavista town, Agusan del Norte province, a military official said Wednesday.
Lt. Col. Jeffrey Balingao, the Army’s 23rd Infantry Bat…
TACLOBAN: The local government of Matuguinao, Samar, is pushing the development of its cold spring and cave as an eco-tourism site in the town, which has been affected by decades of armed struggle.
Mayor Aran Boller said in an interview
BUTUAN: At least 188,080 indigent senior citizens in the Caraga Region received financial assistance through the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens (SocPen) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in 2023.
In a sta…
COTABATO: The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), the lawmaking body of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), began Wednesday a series of public consultations for a bill that will create parliamentary districts for the 2025 r…
BUENAVISTA: A peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), considered the fastest member of the animal kingdom, was spotted in a wetland in this capital town of Antique.
Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer Louie Laud said they spotted the spe…
MALASIQUI: Around 75.56 percent of public utility jeepney (PUJ) operators in Ilocos Region is already consolidated into cooperatives or corporations, an executive of the regional Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said Wednes…
MANILA: The Pasig River Urban Development Project will be ‘people-centered and community-driven,’ President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Wednesday, as he recognized the river’s cultural and historical significance.
During the inauguration of the show…
LEGAZPI: The Sorsogon Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (SPDRRMC) is now on standby alert status after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported increasing volcanic activities at Mt. Bulusan.
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