MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday held mock elections in Tawi-Tawi province, the country’s southernmost frontier, to test the new technologies to be used in the May 2025 midterm polls.
Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia, to…
TACLOBAN CITY: Farmers in the town of Biliran, Biliran, have been selling rice at only PHP20 per kilogram as a way of giving back to communities after receiving several aids from the government.
Biliran municipal agriculture officer Lemuel Antonio sa…
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday announced the government’s plan to upgrade the Jolo Airport, the only gateway serving the province of Sulu.
During the distribution of financial assistance to farmers, fisherfolk, and families at th…
BAGUIO CITY: The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said at least 61.2 percent of potential irrigable areas in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) have been soaked, allowing farmers to till the land for the whole year.
‘Every year, the r…
MANILA: The country’s employment data likely improved in May this year due to the hiring of more agricultural workers amid better weather conditions, an economist said.
“Philippine employment data as of May 2024 could improve due to better weather co…
BUTUAN CITY: The Police Regional Office in the Caraga Region (PRO-13) arrested 454 violators in its intensified drive against all forms of illegal gambling from January to early July this year.
In a report on Friday, PRO-13 said some PHP213,789
MANILA: Authorities recently arrested the consignee of 1.6 kg. of liquid cocaine worth PHP8.5 million.
In a news release on Friday, the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Clark said its officers from and agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
CEBU CITY: Contingency plans are in place to ensure the games for the Palarong Pambansa 2024 will not be hampered after the weather bureau predicted that two to three typhoons may enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) this month,
