TACLOBAN: The local government unit of Palapag, Northern Samar, has urged parents not to allow their children to be recruited by the New People’s Army (NPA).
Palapag Mayor Florence Batula made the appeal a few days after the Department of Social Welf…
MANILA: Regulations covering maritime transport of petroleum products should be improved to prevent oil spills given the extent of environmental damage that such incidents cause, Senator Win Gatchalian said on Tuesday.
Gatchalian made the statement f…
MANILA: The producer price index (PPI) for manufacturing continued to decline in June this year but at a slower pace than the recorded contraction in May, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.
Data released by the PSA on Tuesday showed the …
MANILA: The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) aims to empower local government units (LGUs) and engage civil society organizations (CSOs) to contribute to good local governance through a five-year roadmap, an official said Tuesday…
DAVAO: The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) collected some PHP1.2 million in fines for various motorcycle violations during a series of operations from July 21 to July 27.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, DCPO acting chief Col. Hansel Marantan said the …
MANILA: The proposed bills seeking to reorganize the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) into an independent department received the assurance of support from senators in a public hearing conducted by the Committee on Economic Affairs on Tu…
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has completed the payout of PHP20.57 million for the 2,289 beneficiaries of the Risk Resiliency Program (RRP) in Antique.
The payout covered expansion sites in the five m…