MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded a 14 percent drop in focus crime incidents in 2021 which it described as consistent with the downtrend in crime incidents over the past six years since 2016.... Read full article
MANILA – Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Thursday said he is hoping for the renewal of the United States General System of Preferences (US GSP) to boost the chances of higher performance of the country’s agriculture sector.... Read full article
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday reported 18,191 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections and 22,014 recoveries.... Read full article
MANILA – Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion and molecular biologist OCTA research fellow Fr. Nicanor Austriaco have urged the government to begin the country’s exit plan from the pandemic.... Read full article
MANILA – The local government units (LGUs) outside the National Capital Region (NCR) will decide whether to implement the “no vaccine, no ride” policy, an official of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Thursday.... Read full article
MANILA – The Commission on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday gave the green light to the appointment of Mario Lipana as a commissioner of the Commission on Audit (COA).... Read full article
MANILA – The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has granted provisional authorities (PA) to two separate companies to use channels 23 and 43 -- both previously used by broadcast giant ABS-CBN Corp. -- to operate on digital television (TV) i... Read full article
MANILA – The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) said it is set to file charges against the eight police officers who were arrested on Wednesday over a robbery incident victimizing seven Chinese nationals ... Read full article
MANILA – A sustained increase in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has been observed in the Visayas and Mindanao, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday.... Read full article
MANILA – The influence and capacity of the local leaders to convince their constituents are important to address vaccine hesitancy within Muslim communities in Mindanao, acting Presidential spokesperson, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, said Wednesd... Read full article