MANILA: Faulty electrical wiring may have caused last week’s blaze at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in Manila, resulting in an estimated damage of PHP1 million.
Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr., du…
MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Monday said it distributed around PHP379.06 million worth of aid to affected farmers in the Mimaropa region amid the El Niño phenomenon.
According to the DA’s latest report, a large sum of the aid was cou…
MANILA: The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said Monday it is set to fund more state-of-the-art hot and cold kitchen facilities in higher education institutions in support of tourism and hospitality management programs in the country.
This came…
LEGAZPI CITY: Farmers belonging to the Awayan Libmanan Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization (Alarbo) Inc. of Libmanan, Camarines Sur will no longer need to rent equipment and employ manual labor during harvest after the Department of Agrarian Re…
CEBU CITY: The Philippine National Police (PNP) in Central Visayas is eyeing a drastic demand reduction after the arrest of an alleged top drug ring leader with operations in Cebu and Cavite provinces.
Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of Poli…
BUTUAN CITY: Endurance swimmer Ingemar Macarine, dubbed as the ‘Pinoy Aquaman,’ completed a 10.8-kilometer swim from Olotayan Island to the People’s Park in Baybay, Roxas City, Capiz province, on Sunday.
‘(It was) good that the current, tides, and wi…
