MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Monday remained hopeful in meeting its target of 20.44 million metric tons (MT) of local rice production for the year.
In an interview, DA Undersecretary for Rice Industry Development Christopher Morales …
BACOLOD CITY: The residential power rate in this highly urbanized city and its five neighboring local government units (LGUs) is expected to go down by PHP3 to PHP4 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in the next billing cycle.
Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez sai…
MANILA: The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the suspension of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and two others for up to six months in connection with the graft charges filed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
The DILG al…
BANGUED: The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer here is inculcating the importance of taking reforestation more seriously, recalling the massive flooding in July last year due to Super Typhoon Egay.
At least 20,000 three-feet high g…
MANILA: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Monday expressed support to the eTravel Customs System but reminded the public about the rules on cross-border transfer of currencies.
The eTravel Customs System enables all arriving and departing trav…
ILOILO CITY: The month-long anti-drug operations conducted by different police units in Western Visayas last month seized PHP43.3 million worth of shabu and marijuana.
Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, regional director of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6), o…
COTABATO CITY: The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has built about 700 classrooms since its inception in 2019, regional officials said on Monday.
BARMM spokesperson Mohd Asin Pendatun said the regional government, through the …