TACLOBAN: The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) should continue to exist as it has been instrumental in wiping out insurgency in Eastern Visayas, the Regional Peace and Order Council said Wednesday.
‘It is not wise…
CAGAYAN DE ORO: The city government of Valencia in Bukidnon province has pledged PHP2 million for the construction of a coffee processing facility for its indigenous community.
In a statement on Wednesday, Mayor Azucena Huervas said a coffee facility…
LAOAG: Ilocano creatives from 21 towns and two cities of Ilocos Norte will take the center stage during the 11th Tan-ok ni Ilocano Festival, the grandest cultural showdown set on Feb. 16 at the Ferdinand E. Marcos Sports Stadium here.
CEBU: The Catholic faithful in Cebu expressed their support for the church’s plan to split Cebu into three dioceses.
At a press conference, Archbishop Jose Palma announced that the laity issued a statement expressing their support for the plan of
MANILA: Corrections officials on Wednesday allowed persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) to celebrate Valentine’s Day with their jailed loved ones at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City.
In a s…
MANILA: The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rallied for two straight days ahead of the Monetary Board’s policy meeting, while the peso weakened against the US dollar.
The local index increased on Wednesday by 26.61 points, closing at 6,854.53,…
MANILA: The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is investigating an alleged hacking of a Department of Education (DepEd) regional office, with a threat actor claiming to have accumulated ‘over 750 GB of data’ containing sens…
TACLOBAN: A locally initiated program has contributed to the reduction in the number of non-readers in Northern Samar province, the local government reported Wednesday.
Gaudencio Aljibe Jr., Department of Education (DepEd) Northern Samar schools divi…
