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Day: May 22, 2024

Gov’t convergence efforts key to attaining rice self-sufficiency

MANILA: Speaker Martin Romualdez on Wednesday said the government’s convergence efforts in flood control and effective water management would enable the Philippines to achieve rice self-sufficiency under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s administrat…

MAN FEARED LOST WHILE HIKING BUKIT HILL TOP BATU KAWAN

BATU KAWAN, A man was feared lost while hiking Bukit Hill Top Batu Kawan alone on Saturday.

It is understood that the 28-year-old man went hiking alone at 5 pm but failed to return home.

A Penang Civil Defence Force (APM) spokesman said the disappe…

Court junks suspended Rama’s appeal

CEBU CITY: The Court of Appeals in Manila on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by suspended Mayor Michael Rama and seven other Cebu City Hall officials questioning the suspension order issued against them by the Office of the Ombudsman.

In a res…

175 former OFWs get aid from BARMM labor ministry

COTABATO CITY: Amira, a former overseas Filipino worker (OFW), received cash assistance from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) government after she became sick and was sent home from her work as a domestic helper in the Middl…