Category: General

P111-M shabu concealed in paintings from Mexico seized at NAIA

MANILA: The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) intercepted a parcel containing some PHP111 million worth of shabu at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) complex in Pasay City on Tuesday.

PDEA said its agents, together with NAIA-Inter-Age…

Antique aspirant for governor backs out to run as party-list rep

One of the earliest aspirants for governor in the Province of Antique has confirmed backing out from his original plan and instead is running as AnaKalusugan party-list second nominee.

Ray Roquero in a press conference on Tuesday said that he had al…

DA bans FMD-susceptible animals from Trkiye

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday announced a temporary ban on importing foot-and-mouth diseases (FMD)-susceptible animals, products, and by-products from the Republic of Trkiye following a reported FMD outbreak in cattle in Cugun,…

DSWD project beneficiaries in Sorsogon receive P3.4M from gov’t

A total of 420 partner-beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 5 (Bicol) water and food project from Sorsogon province received their wages from the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) emergency employment pro…

Baronda, Treñas camps heed call to unite

Team Uswag and Team Gugma in this city finally ended months of speculation on whether or not they will launch separate candidacies in the congressional and mayoral race in the 2025 midterm elections.

On Tuesday, three minutes after the filing of cer…

Shellfish ban up in 10 Eastern Visayas bays

Shellfish ban are up in 10 areas in Eastern Visayas this week, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Tuesday.

In its advisory, the BFAR said the red tide was detected in the seawater samples collected in the coastal waters of …