MANILA – The bill seeking to establish the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) is now awaiting the signature of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. This comes after the House of Representatives formally adopted the Senate’s version of the MIF bill during th…
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will test the air quality in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, whose residents have been experiencing foul odor following the molasses spill incident in the compound of Victorias Milling Comp…
More than 1,200 local farmers from different towns in Albay province received government assistance on Tuesday during the ongoing Agri Fiesta 2023 at the Albay Farmer’s Bounty Village in Camalig town. In an interview, Lorena Quising, Albay provincial …
Some 20 students of Bacolod City College (BCC) fell ill after inhaling colored smoke from the props used during a Physical Education (PE) culmination event at the school’s activity center late Monday afternoon. City Administrator Pacifico Maghari III …
An entrapment operation resulted in the arrest of two persons illegally recruiting individuals for the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Isabela City, Basilan province, police said Tuesday. In a report to the Police Regional Office in the Zamboanga Peni…
The dream headquarters of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is expected to be completed in 2026. NBI Director Medardo de Lemos led the groundbreaking on Tuesday at the old site at the corner of UN and Taft Avenues in Ermita, Manila, where the…
The Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund) opened a bigger office to accommodate the growing number of members in Antique on Tuesday. The inauguration of the new office inside Robinsons Place mall in the municipality of San Jose de Buenavista wa…
The camp of former senator Leila de Lima said Tuesday it will ask the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) to disregard the motion for reconsideration (MR) filed by prosecutors asking for a second look on her acquittal. The MR is a ‘mere scrap of pap…
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has launched its first hop-on hop-off (HOHO) bus tours to provide group and individual travelers convenience and flexibility. In a news release Monday, the DOT said the program would enable travelers to have seamless, c…
The Senate approved on final reading Monday the extension of the estate tax amnesty and two other priority measures, four days before the First Regular Session of the 19th Congress adjourns sine die. Senate Bill (SB) 2219 extends the period of Availme…