MANILA: Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson George Erwin Garcia on Tuesday vehemently denied a lawmaker’s allegations that he owns multiple foreign bank accounts.
The poll body chief’s remarks came after Sagip Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcol…
CEBU: The city government will recover city-owned properties to boost infrastructure development and build housing units for homeless Cebuanos, the acting mayor said on Tuesday.
Acting Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia said Task Force Pabahay (Housing) will…
TACLOBAN: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has poured PHP1.33 billion as a social pension to indigent senior citizens in Eastern Visayas in the first half of 2024.
The distribution of grants has benefited 223,187 poor elderly p…
ILOILO: Local government units (LGUs) in Iloilo are encouraged to include health and nutrition in their priorities to sustain the gains against malnutrition.
‘To sustain, meaning they include our programs in their local nutrition plan, and to allocat…
MANILA: The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) is ‘quite optimistic’ that food inflation will start to decelerate in the coming months.
‘[Are] better days ahead? Yes, I am quite optimistic that we are moving in that direction,’ NEDA Secre…
MANILA: Discrepancies in crime statistics were among the reasons for the relief of some police station commanders in Davao City, a ranking official said Tuesday.
Police Regional Office-Davao (PRO-11) Director Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III visited the …
ANKARA: Seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic qualified for the major tennis tournament’s quarterfinals on Monday.
World No. 2 Djokovic beat Danish 15th seed Holger Rune, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, in a men’s singles fourth-round match in London to book h…