MANILA: Authorities rescued 875 Filipino and foreign workers during a raid at a Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) in Tarlac on Wednesday morning.
Operatives of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) and various units of the…
MANILA: Filipinos in Lebanon are told to avoid areas with military activity and to remain vigilant after separate Israeli airstrikes killed at least three in two weeks.
In an advisory Wednesday, the Philippine Embassy in Beirut said there had been
BUTUAN CITY: Government forces foiled an extortion attempt by communist rebels on small-scale miners in the Agusan del Norte city of Cabadbaran, the military said Wednesday.
In a statement, the Army’s 29th Infantry Battalion(29IB) said a group of sma…
LEGAZPI CITY: The Department of Social Welfare and Development 5 (DSWD-Bicol) distributed PHP357,000 worth of assistance to families affected by the recent clash between government troops and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Camarines Sur.
In an interv…
MANILA: Several government agencies on Wednesday warned the public to be vigilant against scams targeting tourists and travelers as the long Holy Week break draws near.
In a press conference at the National Cybercrime Hub in Taguig City, Cybercrime I…
MANILA: The House of Representatives Committee on Transportation on Wednesday tackled bills seeking stiffer penalties against road rage perpetrators.
House Bill (HB) 8991, filed by Deputy Majority Leader Erwin Tulfo, fellow ACT-CIS Party-list Reps. E…
BACOLOD CITY: Top leaders of Negros Occidental lauded the approval of the Negros Island Region (NIR) Act on third and final reading in the Senate led by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, the principal author and co-sponsor of Senate Bill
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated PHP119.4 million worth of seeds and production support services for rice farmers in Antique in time for the first cropping starting in May.
‘Rice seeds and other production supp…
