Category: General

Pampanga considers 3 facilities to sustain waste management

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO: The Pampanga provincial government is considering three alternative waste management facilities in anticipation of the closure of the Metro Clark Waste Management (MCWM) or Kalangitan landfill on Oct. 5.

Pampanga Governor Dennis…

House to prioritize higher pay, more benefits for teachers

MANILA: The House of Representatives will prioritize improving the salaries, benefits, and access to additional resources for the country”s nearly 1 million public school teachers, Speaker Martin Romualdez vowed on Thursday.

Romualdez gave the assura…

DA: Vaccinated hogs develop higher antibody vs. ASF

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Thursday reported higher development of antibodies against African swine fever (ASF) among vaccinated hogs in two farms in Lobo, Batangas.

This came 30 days after the DA – Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) …

3 suspects yield P2.1M shabu in Iloilo City drug sting

ILOILO CITY: A 24-hour anti-drug operation of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) yielded close to 316 grams of shabu with an estimated value of over PHP2.1 million.

The operations from 4 a.m. on Oct. 2 to 4 a.m. on Oct. 3 also led to the arrest of …

NAIA airport fee hike approved by Cabinet – DOTr

MANILA: Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista clarified on Thursday that the recent hike in airport fees at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) was discussed during several Cabinet meetings and was not a unilateral decision by the Departme…