BACOLOD CITY: This city showcases the best of what Bacolod offers to some 230 United States-based delegates and 100 local tourism stakeholders during the three-day 2024 Very Important Pinoy (VIP) Tour, which runs until Thursday. Led by Consul General of New York Senen Mangalile, the guests were welcomed by city officials, among them Councilors Em…
TACLOBAN CITY: Two more towns in Eastern Samar have been formally declared completely free from the threats of the New People’s Army (NPA), the Philippine Army said on Wednesday. In a statement on Wednesday, Brig. Gen. Noel Vestuir, commander of the Philippine Army’s 802nd Infantry Brigade, said the declaration led by the town mayors of…
DATU ODIN SINSUAT: Maguindanao Sur – Police arrested here Tuesday afternoon an alleged high-value target during a drug buy-bust operation and seized from him suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP6.8 million. Lt. Col. Esmael Madin, Sultan Kudarat municipal police station chief, said the suspect, Morsalon Tantong, 31, first transacted with an undercover…
MANILA: Finance Secretary Ralph Recto Ralph Recto on Wednesday said the Department of Finance (DOF) is ready to tap USD500 million of standby credit line extended by the World Bank to the Philippines to support the government’s disaster relief and rehabilitation efforts in areas devastated by typhoon Carina. ‘These funds will be immediately withdrawn and…
CALAMBA CITY: The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Calabarzon has reminded employees that absences due to weather disturbances such as Typhoon Carina cannot be meted with administrative sanction from employers. Dale Villafuerte, DOLE Calabarzon assistant labor inspection sector officer, clarified that Labor Advisory No. 17 Series of 2022 on the suspension of work in…
KUALA LUMPUR, Sunway Property, the property arm of Sunway Bhd, has recorded RM1.1 billion in bookings across its 14 properties nationwide under its Signature Series 2024 campaign. In a statement today, the company announced that this marked the third consecutive year of growth, surpassing RM1 billion in bookings last year and RM800 million in 2022….
