MANILA: Close to 94 percent of the 2,265 registered voters in the mother barangays in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur ratified the creation of three new barangays in a plebiscite held Saturday.

Based on the data released by the Commission on Elections (Co…

MANILA: The bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) will deliberate on Ralph Recto’s designation as Secretary of the Department of Finance (DOF) on March 13.

‘The CA’s committee on finance chaired by Senator Ramon Revilla Jr. will hold its confirma…

MANILA: The Philippine Navy (PN) on Sunday announced that one of its patrol gunboats, the BRP Jose Loor Sr. (PC-390), had successfully intercepted and seized a motor launch carrying some PHP64 million of undocumented tobacco products during operations…

PADANG: At least 16 people died as flash floods and landslides hit South Sumatra’s Pesisir Selatan District on Saturday, the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency said.

“Our current data today showed the number of casualties has increased from 10 to 16…

MANILA: The national government paid a bigger amount of its debt obligations last year, the Bureau of Treasury data showed.

Records showed that debt payments last year amounted to PHP1.60 trillion, 23.9 percent higher than the debt payment of PHP1.29…

MANILA: Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Chief, Jail Director Ruel Rivera, and other jail officials have received awards during the 44th Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) Alumni Homecoming in Silang, Cavite province on Saturday.

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