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Day: October 22, 2023

Gawilan defends 3 swim events as Asian Para goes full blast Monday

Veteran para swimmer Ernie Gawilan plunges into action Monday as the 4th Hangzhou Asian Para Games goes full blast at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center (HOC) and surrounding venues here. Gawilan, 32, will compete in the S7 men’s 200-meter individual medl…

UST Tigers thwart FEU Tams, end 19-game UAAP skid

University of Santo Tomas finally barged into the win column after more than a year, beating Far Eastern University, 68-62, in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86 men’s basketball at SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay C…

Ilocos, Western Visayas regional wage boards raise minimum pay

Close to 300,000 minimum wage earners in private establishments will benefit from the daily pay increase granted in Ilocos and Western Visayas Regions, the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) announced in a news release over the weekend….

DA tells ASF-affected LGUs to quickly declare state of calamity

The Department of Agriculture (DA) said local government units (LGUs) must not hesitate or delay declaring states of calamities once African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks are confirmed. In an interview on Sunday, DA Undersecretary Deogracias Victor Save…

PDEA: Anti-drug ops fatalities down by 52%

Fatalities in the anti-illegal drug operations conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) from July 2022 to September 2023 have decreased by 52 percent. In a statement on Saturday, PDEA Director General Moro Virgilio Lazo said the agen…

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