ILOILO CITY: The local government here is preparing to introduce another festival as another platform for preserving Ilonggo culture and heritage through dances.
The “Saot Ilonggo: Iloilo Traditional Folk Dance Festival” will be formally launched on …
MANILA: Following President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s directive to update the Philippine Iron and Steel Roadmap, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has committed to craft a comprehensive and sustainable development blueprint for the sector.
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MANILA: Eleven Israeli companies are looking to sell and introduce smart agriculture technologies to the Philippines.
At the Israel Agricultural-Tech Roadshow in Makati City on Thursday, about 100 Philippine-based firms and agri-tech startups joined …
MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to hold voter education summits in September as part of its massive information campaign for the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in May 2…
LEGAZPI CITY: A member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in an encounter on Wednesday with government troops in Barangay Igang, Masbate City in Masbate province, the Philippine Army (PA) said on Thursday.
Maj. Frank Roldan, 9th Infantry Divis…
BUTUAN CITY: The Police Regional Office in the Caraga Region (PRO-13) arrested 35 wanted personalities during an intensified drive from July 1 to 10 this year.
In a statement on Thursday, Brig. Gen. Alan Nazarro, the director of PRO-13, said out of t…
MANILA: The Vatican has approved the opening of an inquiry into the cause for sainthood of Filipino lay catechist Laureana Franco, known as ‘Ka Luring’.
Pasig Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara said the Vatican has granted the ‘nihil obstat’ to the cause for…