Category: General

MANILA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has established 981 storage facilities nationwide to ensure the agency’s faster disaster response operations, an official said on Thursday.

DSWD Assistant Secretary Juan Carlo Marquez sa…

MANILA: Philippine economic growth is expected to reach over 6 percent this year and in 2025, driven by government spending and the growth in services exports, according to the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).

In the latest October 2024 …

MANILA: About 2,659,288 learners were reportedly affected during the onslaught of Super Typhoon Julian, the Department of Education (DepEd) said Thursday.

According to the DepEd’s Situational Report 4, the affected learners are in the Cordillera and …

BACOLOD CITY: Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is eyeing a third and last term in the May 2025 midterm elections with a new running mate, 4th District Board Member Jose Benito Alonso, who is running for vice governor for the first time.
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Manila: Senator Loren Legarda on Thursday vowed to seek more funding for the Philippine Information Agency’s (PIA) Barangay Information Officers Network (BION) to strengthen the government’s information dissemination drive in the country’s remote vill…

Manila: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday pledged that the current administration would make sure that the ‘Lab for All’ Project, which offers free medical services to Filipinos in need, will reach the 7,063 geographically isolated and dis…