MANILA – UniTeam senatorial candidate Harry Roque wants to empower the country’s local government units (LGUs) by providing more funds for projects that benefit their constituents.... Read full article
MANILA – The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the life imprisonment sentence handed down by a Manila court to a septuagenarian Colombian national who was nabbed in 2017 for entering the country with 1.17 kilograms of cocaine in rubber pellets insid... Read full article
CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan – At least 1,180 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Bulacan Provincial Jail (BPJ) here have received their booster shots against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).... Read full article
MANILA – Indigenous families belonging to the Dumagat tribe in the provinces of Aurora and Nueva Ecija will soon have their own houses, the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) announced on Tuesday.... Read full article
MANILA – The chairperson of the House Committee on Economic Affairs on Tuesday joined the call for a special session to discuss the measures suspending the excise tax on petroleum products, as the Philippines will be amongst those that will be badly ... Read full article
COTABATO CITY – A top environment official in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has appealed Monday to political aspirants, parties, and their supporters not to put election propaganda materials on trees.... Read full article
MANILA – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos on Monday urged all unit commanders to inspect mobile phones and other gadgets of their subordinates to determine those who are hooked on 'e-sabong' (online cockfighting).... Read full article
PIKIT, North Cotabato – Police authorities in North Cotabato have launched a manhunt against two men riding tandem on a motorbike who shot dead an altar server of the Catholic Church and his uncle here on Sunday night.... Read full article
DAVAO CITY – The Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) reiterated on Monday its call to other communist New People’s Army (NPA) members to surrender to avoid bloodshed.... Read full article