Authorities have arrested a Dawlah Islamiya (DI) extremist in a manhunt operation in Zamboanga del Norte, while an Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) spy surrendered here, police and military reports said Thursday. In a statement, the Area Police Command – Wester…
The Diocese of Dumaguete is ready for the visit of the pilgrim image of the Sto. Niño de Cebu this weekend as part of the commemoration of the ‘Kaplag’, or the finding of the original icon in Cebu some 450 years ago. The pilgrim image of the Child Jes…
Alert military and police personnel foiled an attempt by a suspected gunrunner to sneak in high-powered firearms to Cotabato City following the conduct of a checkpoint in Barangay Grebona here Thursday. Lt. Col. Rey Rico, the Army’s 34th Infantry Batt…
The Aboitiz Group has launched its second pilot cold storage unit in a bid to reduce food wastage and enhance the food supply chain in the country. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Thursday, Aboitiz said the cold storage unit, which…
At least PHP58.4 million have been set aside to assist poor fishermen in Eastern Visayas in the next six years under the second phase of Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD), the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said Thursd…
Major disruptions will occur in the job market over the next five years as more companies adopt artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and the global economy worsens, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said in its latest report. AI and economic and soc…
Students from three schools in Antique will be organized as cave advocates to campaign for the protection of this natural resource. Board Member Pio Jessielito Sumande, Sr., chairperson of the Committee on Environment at the Provincial Board, proposed…
The official opening of the Karapinar solar plant in Konya, in southcentral Trkiye, Europe’s biggest solar power plant with 1,350 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity, will take place on Tuesday. According to the plant developer, Kalyon Enerji, more t…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Wednesday announced that it achieved a significant milestone last month with a record-breaking daily collection of over PHP7.5 billion. In a statement, the bureau said the daily collection was recorded on April 28, 2023 …
An arms cache reportedly owned and buried by members of the New People’s Army was discovered Tuesday in the upland Magsaysay village in Mapanas, Northern Samar. Acting on tips from villagers, troops from the Army’s 74th Infantry Battalion found the bu…