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August 14, 2024

Pampanga town cop chief, 6 others hurt in butane cylinder blast

MANILA: Seven police officers and civilian employees were wounded in an explosion inside their station in Pampanga province.

In a report Wednesday, the Pampanga Provincial Police Office (PPO) said the incident occurred at about 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday i…

PBBM backs ‘Bayani ng Pilipinas’ campaign for farmers

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has expressed his support for the ‘Bayani ng Pilipinas (Hero of the Philippines)’ advocacy to promote farming in the country, Malacañang said Wednesday.

This, after the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC),…

‘Habagat’ to continue to bring rains over parts of Luzon

MANILA: Several areas in Luzon will continue to experience rain showers caused by the southwest monsoon or “habagat,” the weather bureau said Wednesday.

Scattered rains and thunderstorms will prevail over the Ilocos Region, Batanes, and Babuyan Islan…

Marcos orders creation of more gov’t soil testing centers

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has directed the Department of Agriculture (DA) to establish more soil testing centers across the country to help farmers increase their productivity.

Marcos lamented the shortage of soil testing centers duri…

Poe wants PhilHealth to shoulder what gov’t owes health workers

MANILA: The unutilized funds of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) should be allotted to the government’s remaining balance to the health emergency allowance (HEA) of health workers, Senator Grace Poe said on Wednesday.

Based on…

East Asia Super League expands to 10 teams in 2024-25 season

HONG KONG: Hong Kong Eastern and the Macau Black Bears will compete in the East Asia Super League 2024-25 Season, in a major expansion of East Asia’s professional club basketball championship.

The teams will play their home games in Hong Kong and Mac…

DA: 10K doses of ASF vaccines for Batangas to arrive Aug. 16

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday announced that the 10,000 doses of African swine fever (ASF) AVAC live vaccines emergency procured for Batangas will arrive on Friday.

This came shortly after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Bat…