Category: General

CEBU CITY: Residents in isolated and far-flung communities in the 16 Visayas provinces will soon be reached and served by the state-of-the-art mobile clinics, a health official said on Thursday.

Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Glenn Mathew …

MANILA: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday announced that it has lifted the moratorium on issuing new digital banking licenses.

Starting Jan. 1, 2025, the BSP will resume granting licenses to digital banks. However, the central bank wi…

MANILA: The Marcos administration would continue seeking a ‘job-creating and poverty-reducing’ growth to transform the Philippine economy, Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said Thursday.

Pangandaman gave the assurance, as she welcomed the Philippi…

MANILA — Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada has proposed awarding a Senate Medal of Excellence to Nesthy Petecio, recognizing her as the first Filipina boxer to win an Olympic medal. The proposal was formalized on Thursday through Senate Res…

CEBU CITY: An unemployed man from Tagbilaran City, Bohol was arrested during a sting operation in Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City on Thursday, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-7 reported.

The suspect identified as Mark Nin~o Caliniahan, 26, yielded …

LAOAG CITY: All roads leading to the quaint village of Lumbaan-Bicbica in Pinili, Ilocos Norte are now being cleaned up to anticipate a throng of visitors during the 100th birthday celebration of national living treasure Magdalena Gamayo on August 13….