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Read MoreA senior citizen died while 33 others were hospitalized due to a diarrhea outbreak that hit Barangay Butuan in Jose Abad Santos (JAS) town in Davao Occidental, its Mayor Jason John Joyce said Sunday.
In an interview with Philippine News Agency (PNA), Joyce identified the …
Read MoreAlthough still stuck inside the Annafunan Integrated School as one of the 304 people or 86 families who evacuated since Typhoon Ulysses, 30-year-old Jane Vaquilar has found time to sell street foods to her fellow evacuees.
Jane, who has three children, said since the floods …
Read MoreThe Pasig city government on Sunday launched a business one-stop shop (BOSS) in a bid to improve ease of doing business and simplify the process of business application and other transactions.
Mayor Vico Sotto led the ceremonial opening of the Pasig City BOSS at the …
Read MoreCiting reports of students holding a “Christmas sale” of sensual photos and videos to raise funds for distance learning-related expenses, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Cybercrime and the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Anti-Cybercrime Group to intensify their probe and …
Read MoreAt least one person died while almost 15,000 families were affected by flash floods caused by heavy rains in four localities in northern Negros Occidental early morning on Jan. 1.
Data released by the Negros Occidental Provincial Command Center on Saturday night showed that floods …
Read MoreThe Philippine National Police (PNP) Administrative Support for Covid-19 Task Force (ASCOTF) on Sunday has reminded all PNP personnel to maintain their respective close contact diary to facilitate the contact tracing efforts should any of them tests positive for coronavirus.
Lt. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, …
Read MoreThe country’s total number of recovered cases from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) climbed to 448,258, after 8,316 more recovered from the disease, the Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday said.
In its 4 p.m. case bulletin, the DOH said the figures represent 93.8 percent …
Read MoreNew Year’s Day celebration never stopped International Boxing Federation (IBF) world minimumweight champion Pedro “Kid Pedro Heneral” Taduran from going to gym for preparation for his next title defense against No. 3 contender Rene Mark Cuarto of Zamboanga del Norte.
Taduran, a 24-year-old fighter from …
Read MoreMaguindanao – A town mayor in this province was unscathed in a Sunday afternoon ambush but four of his relief workers were wounded, reports said.
Mayor Reynalbert Insular of South Upi, Maguindanao was in the convoy of relief workers who have just distributed relief aid …
Read More– The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recorded a substantial reduction in air pollution levels in the first day of 2021 in Metro Manila by as much as 59 percent compared to pollution levels recorded last year.
In a news release issued on …
Read MoreKane Tanaka, a Japanese woman recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living person, turned 118 on Saturday, according to local media.
Tanaka, born on Jan. 2, 1903, celebrated her 118th birthday at a care facility in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, where she lives, …
Read MorePerks and prizes await business owners who will apply or renew their business permit early as the Sto. Tomas town in Davao del Norte gears up for the opening of the 2021 “BOSS (Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS) NI TOMAS” on Monday.
Jane Gatillo, head of …
Read MoreThe Pasig city government on Sunday launched a business one-stop shop (BOSS) in a bid to improve ease of doing business and simplify the process of business application and other transactions.
Mayor Vico Sotto led the ceremonial opening of the Pasig City BOSS at the …
Read MorePresidential Special Envoy to Bahrain Robert Eric Borje on Saturday said the Philippine government has successfully conveyed its desire to further boost engagement with Bahrain in protecting Filipinos currently working in the Persian Gulf country.
In a recently concluded official visit to Bahrain, Borje said …
Read MorePolice has identified five individuals as persons of interest on the death of a 12-year-old girl who was hit with a stray bullet during the New Year revelry in Barangay Poblacion, Sapad town, Lanao del Norte.
On Saturday, Lt. Elric Palanas, chief of Sapad police, …
Read MoreThe tail-end of a frontal system and easterlies will bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms in Visayas and six other areas, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Sunday.
In its 4 a.m. weather bulletin, PAGASA said the regions …
Read MoreNegros Occidental Governor Eugenio Lacson has expressed optimism the province will recover from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis this year as he reminded Negrenses to remain vigilant by adhering to health and safety protocols.
“(M)ay this new year bring recovery, peace, and prosperity for …
Read MoreThe League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) has committed to support the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination program of the national government in a bid to ensure vaccine supply for its member-cities.
Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, national president of the 145-member LCP, said …
Read MoreTwo communist rebels voluntarily surrendered to the Army’s 7th Infantry Battalion (7IB) in Sultan Kudarat on Saturday afternoon, and urged their fellow rebels to follow suit, the Army here reported.
Lt. Col. Rommel Valencia, the 7IB commander, identified the two surrenderers as Jonathan Saliling and …
Read MoreThe Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) scaled up urban farming in Manila after its ‘Buhay sa Gulay’ project had its first harvest of fresh vegetables in St. John Bosco Parish in Tondo, Manila on Sunday.
DAR Secretary John Castriciones said the ‘harvest festival’ was a …
Read MoreThe Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) scaled up urban farming in Manila after its ‘Buhay sa Gulay’ project had its first harvest of fresh vegetables in St. John Bosco Parish in Tondo, Manila on Sunday.
DAR Secretary John Castriciones said the ‘harvest festival’ was a …
Read MoreNational Police Commission (Napolcom) vice chairman and executive officer Rogelio Casurao passed away on Saturday at the age of 66 due to pneumonia, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año confirmed on Sunday,
“(He died) around 8:12 a.m. Saturday due to pneumonia with complications pero hindi Covid-19 (but …
Read MoreDenmark will cull nearly 9,000 poultry after a strain of the bird flu virus was found on the farm in the village of Lovel on the borders of the Viborg Municipality in the country’s Jutland Peninsula, according to local authorities on Saturday.
The H5N8 type …
Read MoreChief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Sunday said the Presidential Security Group (PSG) personnel who received a coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine that is yet to be approved by local regulators should be “commended” for putting their lives at risk to protect President Rodrigo …
Read MoreFloods due to the tail-end of a frontal system left two dead while four others went missing in Bicol, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in the region said Sunday.
The two fatalities were identified as Ceejay Raro, 3, of Sitio Budal Mangawayan, Canaman town …
Read MoreSan-En began 2021 on the sourest of notes after losing a huge lead late into the game and dropping a heartbreaking 80-81 decision against Shibuya at the Aoyama Gakuin Memorial Hall in Shibuya on Saturday night.
The NeoPhoenix mounted an early fourth quarter comeback to …
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