The Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces agreed Saturday to a seven-day ceasefire, Al Jazeera reported based on sources from the Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry. Saudi-funded Al-Arabiya television reported that the agreement between the army and the …
An additional 500 American citizens, including former US president Barack Obama, have been indefinitely barred from entering Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. Among the newly blacklisted are significant figures, officials, lawm…
The government is sparing no effort to ensure water security amid a looming El Niño, the National Water Resources Board (NWRB) said on Saturday. NWRB executive director Sevillo David Jr. said the government is looking for more water sources and monito…
Five fighters of the New People’s Army (NPA) died in a series of clashes with troops of the Philippine Army’s 62nd Infantry Battalion (62IB) in the hinterlands of Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental Saturday morning. The bodies of the unidentified rebel…
Local farmers are urged to adopt a balanced fertilization strategy (BFS) to address the high cost of imported synthetic fertilizers and low soil fertility. The surge in prices of inorganic fertilizers and the declining soil fertility level in the coun…
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will begin accepting applications for gun ban exemption next month in connection with the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) this October. In Comelec Resolution 10918 released Saturday, the poll bo…
The Philippines is open to exploring the potential gas fields that remain untapped, the Department of Energy (DOE) said on Saturday. In a bid to meet the energy requirements, DOE Undersecretary Alessandro Sales said the doors are still open for invest…
Police arrested a “high-value individual” who yielded PHP6.8 million shabu in a buy-bust at Barangay Sabang in Naga City on Friday morning, a police report said. Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-Bicol (PRO-5) spokesperson, identified t…
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has been ordered to investigate the collapse of houses along the Estero de Magdalena creek in Binondo, Manila before dawn Thursday, killing three. A tree fell on the illegal structures, causing the collapse and the …
The team from Barangay Lapasan was preparing for a “toktok hangyo” or “tokhang,” (knock and plead) at past 7 a.m. on Wednesday, the first operation to be conducted in the village this year. The team, composed of police and Philippine Drug Enforcement …