MANILA: The House of Representatives will prioritize improving the salaries, benefits, and access to additional resources for the country”s nearly 1 million public school teachers, Speaker Martin Romualdez vowed on Thursday.
Romualdez gave the assura…
Manila: Speaker Martin Romualdez on Thursday supported calls for sufficient funding of the amended Centenarian’s Act, which gives a PHP10,000 cash gift to senior citizens who reach the age milestones of 80, 85, 90, and 95.
“I welcome the recent
MANILA: Typhoon Julian has made landfall over Southern Taiwan but still causes scattered rains over parts of Northern Luzon, the weather bureau said Thursday afternoon.
Julian was last located 255 km. north-northwest of Itbayat, Batanes, packing maxi…
BUTUAN CITY – Police have apprehended one of the most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the Caraga Region, an official said Thursday.
Brig. Gen. Alan Nazarro, director of the Police Regional Office-Caraga (PRO-13), identified the rebel as “Rud…
MANILA: Philippine economic growth is expected to reach over 6 percent this year and in 2025, driven by government spending and the growth in services exports, according to the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).
In the latest October 2024 …
BACOLOD CITY – A provincial government-funded PHP7.9 million solar-powered irrigation system (SPIS) is providing an eco-friendly alternative for water management to a farmers’ cooperative in Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City in southern Negros Occid…
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at Malacañan Palace in Manila on Oct. 7.
Malacañang announced Thursday that Yoon will embark on a state visit to
Manila: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is closely monitoring reports of alleged foreign covert operations in the Philippines, its spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza said Thursday.
Speaking to reporters at the DFA office in Pasay, Daza said the i…
