Denver won in its first-ever National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals game, romping Miami, 104-93, in Game 1 of their championship series on Friday (Philippine) at the Ball Arena in Denver. The Nuggets dominated the best-of-seven series opener, sl…
The Department of Education in Bicol (DepEd-5) is expecting about 540,727 learners to enroll in Kindergarten, Grades 1, 7 and 11 for School Year (SY) 2023-2024. In an interview on Thursday, DepEd-5 information office chief Mayflor Marie Jumamil said m…
The provincial government here is looking forward to embarking on a ‘sentinel’ program that will pave the way for swine repopulation, said Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. on Thursday. At a press conference, Defensor laid down the provincial govern…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed Jovy Bernabe as acting head and chief executive officer of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC), Malacañang announced on Thursday. Bernabe was included in the list of 23 newly appointed government …
Two lawmakers from the House of Representatives on Thursday pushed for the passage of a bill mandating all cities and municipalities to establish and maintain an early learning program that provides services to pre-kindergarten children, including tho…
Active members and pensioners from nine power crisis-affected Occidental Mindoro towns and those affected by flash floods and landslides in Agusan Del Sur can now avail of emergency loan from Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). GSIS President …
The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has reported that 374 families composed of 837 individuals from four municipalities in Antique have evacuated due to flooding caused by the heavy rainfall since Wednesday. PDRRMO ch…
Efforts to clean up the massive oil spill in Mindoro are now on its final phase with the arrival of a vessel intended for siphon operations, the National Task Force on Oil Spill Management said Thursday. The task force said the dynamic support vessel …
Police drug enforcement teams arrested three suspects and seized more than PHP4.5 million worth of shabu in a separate buy-bust operations in this city Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The sting operations were conducted by personnel of the Regio…
The municipality of Agoo has required anew the wearing of face mask in public and private indoor places in the town to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). In an Executive Order (EO) No. 28 obtained by the Philippine News Agency …