LAOAG CITY: A 70-year-old female passenger bound for Manila is facing charges for making a bomb joke while her luggage is being screened at the departure area of the Laoag International Airport (LIA) Wednesday night.
Police Captain Nelson Fantonia, t…
ISTANBUL: Serbian tennis superstar Novak Djokovic suffered his first defeat of the season and first in Australia for six years in straight sets against Alex de Minaur on Wednesday.
Struggling with a wrist injury, Djokovic lost to Alex de Minaur from …
MANILA: More than 900 projects with total investments of PHP1.02 trillion have so far been approved under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act as of end-October last year, the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Thurs…
CEBU: The pilgrim image of the Sen~or Sto. Nin~o was sent off Thursday from the Basilica Minore del Sto. Nin~o de Cebu for a visit to hospitals and jails as part of the pre-fiesta activities leading to the Sinulog festival on Jan. 11-26.
Fr. Nelson Z…
MANILA: Senators asked on Thursday concerned agencies, including the Department of Energy (DOE), to fix the power outage in Panay Island.
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri was dismayed by the persistent blackouts happening in several provinces in W…
MALASIQUI: The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the local government-operated Hundred Islands engineered kawayan (e-kawayan) factory have partnered to provide livelihood to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in Alaminos City.
BJMP op…
MANILA: As the country observes the Philippine Tropical Fabrics (PTF) Month, the head of the Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) on Thursday expressed wishes that local fabrics will attract a wider audience.
In a televised briefing, PTRI Dir…