Category: General

KORONADAL CITY: Police are pursuing suspects in the fatal shooting of a vice mayoral aspirant in Tantangan, South Cotabato early Monday morning. Maj. Erika Vallejo, chief of the Tantangan municipal police station, said authorities are working to identify the attackers and establish a motive for the killing. According to Philippines News Agency, the victim, Jose Osorio, 58, was the former chief of Barangay Bukay Pait and a candidate for vice mayor next year under the slate of former Tantangan mayor Benjamin Figueroa. Relatives discovered the blooded Osorio inside his family’s roadside eatery around 5:50 a.m. after hearing gunshots, Vallejo said.

TUGUEGARAO CITY: Five spill gates of Magat Dam were opened Monday noontime, with the total opening at 9 meters, resulting in a spillway discharge of 1,720.00 cubic meters per second (m3/s). Two more spill gates will be opened until 5 p.m. The dam’s reservoir elevation as of noon was 192.15 meters above sea level (MASL), almost near the 193 MASL normal water level. According to Philippines News Agency, the total discharge to the river as of posting time was 1,767.99 m3/s, the social media post of the National Irrigation Administration-Magat River Integrated Irrigation System’s (NIA-MARIIS) Flood Forecasting and Warning System

Manila: Philippine shares further recovered following a series of losing streaks since the United States polls, while the peso closed stronger against the greenback on Monday. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose by 1.27 percent to 6,761.35, while All Shares went up by 0.71 percent to 3,799.70. According to Philippines News Agency, Philippine shares continued to rebound after the sell-off last week as investors prepare for a fresh round of economic data. Regina Capital managing director Luis Limlingan noted that on the local front, Goldman Sachs released its most recent market outlook for 2025, placing the Philippines at an

Manila: The United States has pledged USD1 million in humanitarian funding to the Philippines following a series of devastating typhoons that have recently impacted the country. This announcement was made by US Defense Secretary Lloyd James Austin III during a courtesy call to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. at Malacañang. According to Philippines News Agency, Austin expressed condolences on behalf of the US to the victims of the six typhoons that struck the Philippines in rapid succession. He reaffirmed the US’s commitment to assist its long-standing ally, the Philippines, in these challenging times. Austin stated, “I have authorized US troops

DUMAGUETE CITY: A total of 48,056 individuals in Negros Oriental benefited this year from the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). According to Philippines News Agency, Raizza Phoebe Rubia, DOLE-Negros Oriental information officer, stated that as of November 18, more than PHP272 million have been released in payouts. DOLE-Negros Oriental has also allocated an additional PHP55.9 million for TUPAD beneficiaries in the fourth quarter of 2024. Rubia mentioned that the exact number of beneficiaries for the additional allocation cannot be confirmed yet, as the identification of TUPAD workers depends on