CEBU CITY: Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia highlighted the shared traits of the Mindanaoans and Visayans as she addressed the 200 mayors from Mindanao here for a three-day conference to end on Thursday.
The municipal mayors from Mindanao gathered here…
LAOAG CITY: The Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) on Thursday said it is in talks with the Ayala-led ACEN Corporation for supply of clean energy and to lower the power rates in the province.
‘We are talking with power providers like ACEN to fi…
MANILA: A Senate Medal of Excellence is sought for Nesthy Petecio for being the first Filipina boxer to win an Olympic medal.
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada filed on Thursday Senate Resolution No. 1122 seeking to confer Petecio with the…
MANILA: Philippine economic growth accelerated to 6.3 percent in the second quarter of the year from 4.3 percent in the same period last year, National Statistician Dennis Mapa said in a briefing on Thursday.
Mapa said economic growth during the peri…
MANILA: A total of PHP45 million has been allocated for the emergency employment of 1,357 individuals affected by the oil spill in Bataan, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Thursday.
DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said benefic…
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday led the signing of an alliance between his party, the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), and the Nacionalista Party (NP) led by former Senate president Manuel ‘Manny’ Villar in a ceremony at Britt…
MANILA: House Committee on Dangerous Drugs Chair and Surigao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert Ace Barbers on Thursday said the International Criminal Court (ICC) is free to record the ongoing hearings on the Duterte administration’s ‘war on drugs’ a…
MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Thursday that the African swine fever (ASF) vaccines purchased through emergency procurement may arrive in September.
This came after the municipalities of Lobo and Calatagan in Batangas declared a s…
MANILA: Ten films that showcase Southeast Asian folklore can be viewed for free from Aug. 17 to 18 through the Tingin Southeast Asian Film Festival, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) said Thursday.
The public can watch the films…
MANILA: UAAP Season 86 finalist National University-Nazareth School will take on NCAA Season 99 finalist University of Perpetual Help System DALTA in the Next Generation Basketball League (NGBL) which kicks off on Aug. 11 at the Tanduay Gym in Manila….