MANILA: Incoming Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary, Senator Juan Edgardo ‘Sonny’ Angara, on Wednesday urged government agencies and companies to hire Senior High School (SHS) graduates in jobs that require simple tasks.
Angara, who was appoin…
LEGAZPI CITY: An officer of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed while a high-powered firearm was seized in a clash between government troops and rebels in Barangay Biriran, Juban town in Sorsogon province on Tuesday, the 9th Infantry Division (9ID)…
MANILA: The construction of the multi-billion Senate building in Taguig City has been delayed by 852 days, with no specific completion date as of yet, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) confirmed Wednesday.
In a Senate Committee on Ac…
MANILA: The House of Representatives is targeting to approve the proposed PHP6.352-trillion 2025 national budget by the end of September this year, Speaker Martin Romualdez said on Wednesday.
In a statement, Romualdez said the government’s spending p…
MANILA: Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday said it is only right for the Philippines and China to work together in cracking down transnational crimes, following the meeting between Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian and Executive Secretary Lucas Bersam…
MANILA: The episcopal ordination of Baguio Bishop-elect Rafael Cruz is set for Sept. 7.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) News reported on Wednesday that the ordination will be held at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral at…
MANILA: An increase in the number of volcanic earthquakes has been observed in Kanlaon Volcano, totaling 90 from 3 p.m. Tuesday to 12 noon Wednesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported.
Most of these quakes wer…