The administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. continues to extend assistance to the communities affected by the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro that has so far reached other provinces in the regions of Mimaropa and Western Visayas, Malacañang a…

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Tuesday officially turned over to the Iloilo City government the approved enhanced Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP) containing the rationalized route mapping and correspondin…

The Iloilo City Fire Station has received a PHP18 million chemical fire truck, the first of its kind here, to boost its capability to extinguish fires from flammable chemicals. ‘Our city is a growing city and we have a lot of hazardous chemicals. We h…

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Tuesday recommended the continuous suspension of fishing activity in some oil spill-affected areas in Oriental Mindoro, alongside the sustenance of aid to fishers. In a statement, the BFAR said it h…

The local stock barometer rebounded on Tuesday as investors took a breather following the Swiss-government engineered take-over by UBS of Credit Suisse, a development which also benefited the local currency. After starting the week on the negative ter…

Operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Philippine National Police arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized some PH1.3 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in this capital city on Tuesday afternoon. A …