LAOAG: Fifty-six passengers from Cebu landed at Laoag International Airport in Ilocos Norte on the inaugural Philippine Airlines flight on Friday.
Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc and the Ilocos Norte Tourism and Investment Offices welcom…
MANILA: The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Friday hailed the House of Representatives’ adoption of four concurrent resolutions favoring the grant of amnesty to various rebel groups, saying it was a “significan…
MANILA: About PHP776 million worth of excavators have been distributed to various irrigators’ associations nationwide by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) to intensify local irrigation and agricultural systems.
In a news release Friday, th…
MANILA: A technical vocational institution (TVI) in Quezon City was shut down by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Friday for illegal recruitment for allegedly offering bogus jobs in Taiwan.
DMW Officer in Charge Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacd…
BAGUIO: A city lawmaker has proposed to make Everlasting as Baguio’s official flower, liking the flower’s longevity and resiliency to that of the country’s summer capital.
Councilor Betty Lourdes Tabanda filed the proposed ordinance last November 23 …
MANILA: Philippine Army chief, Lt. Gen. Roy Galido and other top Army officers from Japan, the United States and Australia held their first meeting in the Land Forces Summit (LFS) in Tokyo, Japan.
The four-way summit, hosted by the Japan
BACOLOD: A lawmaker from Negros Occidental asked the national government to buy sugar directly from producers amid the continuing drop in the farmgate price of sugar.
Fifth District Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo, a former board member of the Sugar Regu…
MANILA: The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) announced on Friday the test run of its web-based application betting platform “E-Lotto”.
The E-Lotto is a digital version of the traditional lottery games that aims to provide a safe, modern, …
