MANILA: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is set to come out with an Oratio Imperata (mandatory prayer), to pray for the easing of tensions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
CBCP president and Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio D…
JIPAPAD: A road project linking Eastern Samar and Northern Samar provinces will receive an additional PHP100-million fund this year, to be used in concreting a 1.3-kilometer section of the proposed highway.
House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan sai…
TACLOBAN CITY: The Ormoc city government has welcomed the plan of Philippine Airlines (PAL) to open the Manila-Ormoc route in support of the goal of having “reliable air transportation.”
In a statement on Monday, Mayor Lucy Torres Gomez said they met…
MANILA: Telecommunications (telecom) provider PLDT has partnered with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in safeguarding telecom infrastructure, particularly fiber cuts caused by road diggings and excavation activities.
In a stateme…
MALASIQUI: Residents of Barangay Caranglaan in Mabini, Pangasinan need not worry about flooding during the rainy season following the completion of the PHP91.6 million flood mitigation structure.
Mabini Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Managemen…
ANKARA: At least 11 people were killed and several went missing as incessant monsoon rains triggered landslides and flash floods across Nepal, local media reported on Sunday.
The floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains over the past 24 hours d…
MANILA: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Monday assured all their field offices are well-functioning and consistently processing social welfare requests and are ready to extend assistance.
Gatchalian mad…