LEGAZPI CITY: Agents of the Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO5) seized over PHP15 million worth of illegal drugs in Camarines Norte on Friday night.
Two high-value targets identified as ‘Lon,’ 38, and ‘Ian,’ 39, were also arrested during the opera…
TACLOBAN CITY: A notorious top leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) and a combatant were killed in a clash with soldiers in upland Tinag-an village in Albuera, Leyte on Saturday morning after years of tracking down their locations in the jungles of L…
MANILA: Ambassador Lauro Liboon Baja Jr., the country’s former foreign affairs undersecretary for policy and envoy to the United Nations (UN), has died at age 86.
In a text message on Friday night, his nephew, Philippine Ambassador to Morocco Leslie …
MANILA: There is a need to streamline the procurement of public school textbooks to ensure that all learners have their own set.
In a news release on Saturday, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II…
MANILA: The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Saturday issued stern warnings against the registered owner of one of two smuggled Bugatti Chiron Super Sport cars.
In a statement, Commissioner Bien Rubio vowed to find a certain Thu Thrang Nguyen, the alleged …
HOUSTON: The US Senate voted late Friday to push a USD95.3 billion funding package for Ukraine and Israel closer to passage.
Senators voted 64-19 in a bipartisan effort to move forward with the bill, which would provide USD60 billion in defense aid f…
MANILA: An official of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) on Saturday said the government is looking into providing targeted subsidy to the agricultural sector.
Undersecretary Rosemarie Edillon said that for now, NEDA is planning …