KUNMING, China, June 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kunming, the capital city of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, saw a booming trade in its flower markets in 2021 and tops the country’s trade of fresh-cut flowers, according to the Kunming Municipal Government. A total of 10.26 billion stems of fresh-cut flowers were sold in the Dounan […]
Read MoreSeventy-six villages in Lanao del Sur province have been declared free of illegal drugs, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) said Monday.“This came about after the Regional Oversight Com…
Read MoreThe Court of Appeals (CA) has reversed the one-year suspension without pay imposed by the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) on a customs officer who refused a reassignment.The CA’s Second Division granted on June 13 the petition of Bureau of Customs (BOC) …
Read MoreThe Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Ilocos Region (PDEA-1) announced Monday that a total of 382 villages in Ilocos Norte have been cleared of illegal drugs.PDEA-1 agent Farlyn Sheen Vinluan said this accounts for 74.42 percent of the total 52…
Read MoreThe Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the Cordillera on Monday hoped that the next administration will keep among its top priorities the anti-drug program of outgoing President Rodrigo R. Duterte.”It is our mandate to rid the country of ille…
Read MoreThe Court of Appeals (CA) convicted a former village chief in Manila for illegal possession of firearms during the election gun ban in 2004.The CA on June 13 said there is “no compelling reason” to reconsider its Jan. 25, 2021 ruling that sentenced Gui…
Read MoreThe Police Regional Office in the Caraga Region (PRO-13) reported Monday the arrest of the most wanted siblings from Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental.Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr., PRO-13 director, said suspects Dionesio Tapayan, 54; and Reymundo Tapayan…
Read MoreOutgoing Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año on Monday honored 307 police officers who died in the line of duty.During Monday’s flag-raising ceremony at the PNP headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City, Año said …
Read MoreNorthPort coach Pido Jarencio has been fined PHP20,000 by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) for confronting Blackwater counterpart Ariel Vanguardia right after the final buzzer of their Philippine Cup game at Ynares Center Antipolo on Saturda…
Read MorePhoenix Fuel Masters rode on the hot hands of RJ Jazul to buck off a huge game from the returning Rey Nambatac and pip Rain or Shine (ROS) Elasto Painters, 106-102, in a PBA Philippine Cup Father’s Day game at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.The F…
Read MoreAt least 184 indigent students from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) received educational cash assistance from the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) through the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST…
Read MoreThe old building of the Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center will soon become the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) College of Medicine and Allied Health Services.Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso and PLM president Emmanuel Leyco signed the deed…
Read MoreThe Cagayan State University on Monday signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the SM Downtown Tuguegarao to assist its about 5,000 student on-the-job trainees and graduates this year to be equipped with apprenticeships and employed at a job fair h…
Read MoreThe Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday launched three digital applications that will help advance data and information gathering and analysis against disaster risks.In a hybrid conference on Monday, the DepEd Disaster Risk Reduction Management C…
Read MoreA cadet of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) has died of heat stroke over the weekend.In a statement on Monday, Maj. Gen. Alexander Sampaga, director of PNPA, said Cadet Rafael Sakkam, a native of Sinunuc, Zamboanga City and member of Class…
Read MoreA mother, a former member of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Leyte, asked for help in saving the lives of her two children who are still in the armed struggle of the communist terrorist group.Helen Nuevo, 43, of Kananga, Leyte is worried about the pligh…
Read MoreA health official said Monday the number of Covid-19 infections continue to rise nationwide but assured that there is no surge in cases.In a television interview, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Covid-19 cases are continuously increas…
Read MoreThe country’s daily average of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases went up by 82 percent from June 13 to 19, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday.From 340 per day from June 6 to 12, the number of Covid-19 cases reached 436 daily from Ju…
Read MoreThe city government here has called on the eligible population to get vaccinated or submit to booster shots and rallied the public to sustain cleanup activities as cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and dengue are on the rise.“We are not …
Read MoreIncoming Department of National Defense (DND) officer-in-charge Jose Faustino Jr. has vowed to enhance the military’s defense capabilities and ensure that “not a single square inch of the [Philippine] territory is surrendered” once he takes over the po…
Read MoreThe Department of Tourism in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DOT-CAR) said the resort in Kalinga where a nurse died after falling off a zipline did not have accreditation to offer the service.DOT-CAR regional director Jovita Ganongan said in a me…
Read MoreThe family of lawyer John Albert “Jal” Laylo, a victim of a random shooting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania over the weekend, will donate his organs.Althea Ann, Laylo’s sister, said in a tweet Monday that they find peace in the thought that “somewhere in…
Read MoreThe Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday achieved a nearly 100 percent accuracy score after its Random Manual Audit (RMA) of the May 9 elections.Commissioner Aimee Ferolino, in charge of the RMA Committee, said they started last month and finish…
Read MoreVice President-elect Sara Z. Duterte said she will adopt the work arrangement of her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, which involves performing her official duties in Metro Manila but continuing to live in Davao City.“It does not necessarily have to …
Read MoreThe provinces of Negros Occidental and Oriental and this lone highly urbanized city on the island have secured support from the incoming Senate leadership to legislate the establishment of the Negros Island Region (NIR).In a statement on Monday, reelec…
Read MoreA ranking New People’s Army (NPA) leader and his party wife recently surrendered to the intelligence units of the Army’s 65th Infantry Battalion (65IB) and 36IB in Agusan del Norte.In a statement Monday, 65IB said Sarwin Ellonor Villamor and Jesel Bato…
Read MoreTwo Basilan-based Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits turned themselves in as their faction continued to weaken after losing their leader, the military said Monday.Maj. Andrew Linao, Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) information officer, said Mujahav El…
Read MoreDespite a hard life due to the lack of basic services in their community, residents of a remote hinterland barangay in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental have vowed to help the government in ending the insurgency with the hopes of a better future for their…
Read MoreThe coastal waters here are now free of red tide toxins after two months as confirmed by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Ilocos regional office (BFAR-1).“Based on the results of the algal bloom or red tide monitoring of the BFAR and the l…
Read MoreSome PHP734 million worth of new investments have been approved by the investment board in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), creating more job prospects for constituents of the region, an official said Monday.“More job opport…
Read MorePayment system digitalization is expected to lower demand for physical currencies and this will reduce cost for banknotes and coins production, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).In a virtual briefing on Monday, BSP Governor Benjamin Di…
Read MorePolice authorities in Lanao del Sur have destroyed more than PHP5 million worth of marijuana plants in Lanao del Sur’s town of Maguing, an official said Monday.In a report, Col. Jibin Bongcayao, Lanao del Sur police director, said Sunday afternoon’s op…
Read MoreSouth Cotabato’s hog industry is facing serious threats after the area has been declared by the Department of Agriculture–Soccsksargen (DA-12) under “red zone” for the African swine fever (ASF).South Cotabato Gov. Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. said Monday DA-12 …
Read MoreThe Board of Investments (BOI) reported Monday that Daesang Philippines, Inc. is investing PHP756.24 million in a project that will benefit local cassava farmers.Daesang is putting up a tapioca starch manufacturing facility in Tagoloan, Misamis Orienta…
Read MoreLocal elected officials of Northern Samar vowed to strengthen the province’s cluster approach to improve the lives of poor families during their three-year fresh term.During his oath-taking on Sunday, Governor Edwin Ongchuan said his second term as a l…
Read MoreA group of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) composed of 97 farmers from Barangay Catan-agan in Juban, Sorsogon received a solar-powered irrigation pump (SPIP) project from national government agencies.In a phone interview on Monday, Gerald Buensalid…
Read MoreA home improvement and construction supply retailer is optimistic about its prospects under the new administration of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on the back of increasing renovation and construction activities as lockdowns amid the…
Read MoreThe Philippine Embassy in Nairobi, led by Ambassador Marie Charlotte G. Tang, opened the first-ever Philippine exhibition at the Nairobi National Museum titled “Perfected by Tradition: Philippine Weaves” on June 17.Over 50 guests from the Kenyan Minist…
Read MoreA couple was arrested with some PHP2.1 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in an anti-smuggling operation in Zamboanga del Sur’s town of Labangan, a police official said Monday.Col. Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western…
Read MoreA Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) official said on Monday Misamis Oriental’s modern library is expected to entice the young to visit libraries and read.“How do we entice people to continue to go to the library? Provide them with the mode…
Read MoreSome four infrastructure projects initiated in two sub-villages formerly controlled by communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Mabini, Davao de Oro have been completed under the government’s Barangay Development Project (BDP).In a statement Monday,…
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