Category: General

20 candidates in Negros Occidental unopposed in May 2025 polls

BACOLOD CITY – A total of 20 candidates in various key posts in Negros Occidental are running unopposed in the May 2025 midterm elections, records of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial office as of Thursday showed.

Uncontested seats can…

Gov’t troops nab 3 Reds, seize arms in Apayao

Manila: Security forces have arrested three communist rebels in the province of Apayao, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported Thursday.

In a statement, the PNP Special Action Force (SAF) said the suspects – alias ‘Sam,’ a key leader under the…

Peso’s weakness drags local shares

The local bourse extended its shedding amid profit-taking as the peso depreciated against the US dollar on Thursday.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) fell 0.18 percent to 7,411.47, while All Shares gained 0.10 percent to close at 4,037.52.
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DSWD bares drafted conditionalities for ‘First 1K Days’ grant

The conditionalities for the First 1000 Days (F1KD) have been inked for approval as the nutrition-specific additional grant gears toward full implementation in 2025, a senior official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on …

CHED gives P4.4-M for indigent, deserving students in Pangasinan

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Ilocos Region distributed PHP4.4 million cash grants to around 638 students of Urdaneta City University (UCU) at the SM City Urdaneta Central on Thursday.

The cash grant is for the Tertiary Education Subsidy …

BIR-Eastern Visayas bares P183-M losses from smuggled tobacco

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has recorded PHP183.36 million losses in taxes due to trading of illegal cigarettes in Eastern Visayas since 2018.

BIR-Eastern Visayas Director Edith Yap said the amount represents unpaid excise taxes from smuggle…