Day: September 26, 2024

P4.13-T projects logged under green lane initiative

Manila: The Board of Investments (BOI), through its One-Stop Action Center for Strategic Investments (OSAC-SI), has granted green lane certificates to 126 projects worth PHP4.13 trillion to expedite the processing of their permits and licenses in nati…

PBMM urged to declare September as alcohol harms awareness month

Manila: A group of health advocates has called on President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to designate September as Alcohol Harms Awareness Month.

In a media forum on Thursday, the Sin Tax Coalition said the government could mitigate the health, societal, …

Galvez says OPAPRU 2025 budget investment in peace

Manila: The PHP7.094 billion proposed 2025 budget of the Office of Presidential Adviser on Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) is now up for Senate plenary deliberation after passing the committee deliberati…

Shellfish poisoning downs 31 Samar residents

TACLOBAN CITY – At least 31 residents of Parasan in Daram, Samar, fell ill after eating red tide-infected shellfish, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Thursday.

Of the victims, 20 were rushed to the Samar Provincial Hospital in Catbalogan C…

Embattled PBA player Amores involved in gunning incident

LOS BAÑOS – NorthPort guard John Amores is again embroiled in a controversy as his name was dragged in a shooting incident in Lumban, Laguna.

The Lumban municipal police department confirmed to the Philippine News Agency on Wednesday night that they…