SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: The government’s whole-of-the-nation approach or End to Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) program encouraged 98 rebels in Antique to return to the fold of law since 2023, according to the Antique Provincial Police Office (…
MALASIQUI: The water level at San Roque Dam, which spans the municipalities of San Nicolas and San Manuel, Pangasinan remains far from spilling level amidst the release of water from Binga Dam in Itogon town, Benguet province on Thursday.
San Roque P…
MANILA: Foreign nationals employed in the Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) and internet gaming licenses (IGL) companies will not be refunded of payment for their working visas, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Thursday.
Immigration s…
MANILA: All persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) throughout the country’s prisons are all safe and accounted for after the onslaught of Super Typhoon Carina, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said Thursday.
In a statement, BuCor Director General Gregor…
MANILA: The possible impacts of Super Typhoon Carina and the southwest monsoon to the economy dampened investors’ confidence, pulling down the local index in Thursday’s trading.
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) dropped 1.23 percent, or 82.8…
MANILA: The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) on Thursday underscored the need for more high dams to alleviate the impacts of severe flooding, following the effects of the typhoon-enhanced southwest monsoon.
During the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon …
MANILA: The opening of classes in public schools affected by the enhanced southwest monsoon and Super Typhoon Carina will be postponed, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara said Thursday.
“Some schools will really have to postpone t…