LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Philippine National Police (PNP)-Bicol reported on Wednesday morning, Oct. 23, that three persons died, six were injured, and one is missing due to tropical storm "Kristine." Police Brig. Gen. Andre Dizon, PNP-Bicol chief, said one death recorded in Naga City, one in...
Local officials and recipients of the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) (Speaker’s Office) The Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP), the flagship welfare program of the Marcos administration, granted over P139 million...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health is eyeing the construction of a mental health hospital in Negros Occidental. This was revealed by Dr. Mary Ann Maestral, DOH Undersecretary for Visayas, in a phone interview on Wednesday, Oct. 16, a day after a transition team of the DOH-Negros Island...
Senate Majority Leader Francis ‘Tol’ Tolentino praised the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the quality of its preparations for the 2025 mid-term elections, including the first parliamentary polls in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). “I am glad to hear from...
DAGUPAN CITY – The Departments of Health and Education are ready to vaccinate 165,000 school children from Grades 1 to 7 in all public schools all over the Ilocos or Region 1 under the Bakuna Eskwela immunization program. THE Departments of Health and Education explain the Bakuna Eskwela...
China has accused the United States of inciting confrontation in the Indo-Pacific by purportedly deploying weapons and increasing military activities in the South China Sea. Mao Ning, spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry, said it is the US that is "the biggest source of instability in the...
DAVAO CITY – The Commission on Elections-Davao said that 1,437 candidates filed Certificates of Candidacy for the 2025 elections in the Davao region from October 1 to 8. Ninety-eight are from this city, six for mayor and four for vice mayor. Five candidates are vying for the first...
DAVAO CITY – The Police Regional Office-11 reported on Tuesday that the filing Certificates of Candidacy in the Davao region was generally peaceful. POLICE Regional Office-11 Director Police Brig. Gen. Leon Victor Rosete says on Tuesday, October 8, that the filing of COCs in the Davao region from...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) Over P90 million worth of cash aid had been delivered to 11,808 beneficiaries hailing from various sectors like healthcare workers,...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police Regional Office-1 chief Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista has ordered the conduct of intensified checkpoint operations in the Ilocos region during the filing of Certificates of Candidacy from October 1 to 8. These checkpoints were established since midnight...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police, backed up by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, seized P5.8-million worth of shabu from a high-value individual during the implementation of a search warrant in Bayambang, Pangasinan on Friday, September 27. Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista, Police...
DAVAO CITY – The Commission on Elections-Davao region is preparing for the start of the filing of Certificates of Candidacy for the May 2025 national and local elections from October 1 to 8. THE Comelec main office in Manila. Speaking during Wednesday's Media Forum at the Habi at Kape, lawyer Gay...