CEBU CITY – Law enforcement agencies in the Visayas have started preparing for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in October. The Visayas Command (Viscom), Area Police Command (APC)-Visayas, and the Philippine Coast Guard-Central Visayas discussed the needed preparations during...
DAVAO CITY – University students in the Davao region who are eyeing to establish their own startup business are encouraged to sign up for a free three-month intensive entrepreneurship and technopreneurship coaching program of the Davao-based business incubator Upgrade Innolab (Upgrade). Rob Gumba,...
House Senior Deputy Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has once again topped a survey on the job performance of Ilocos legislators. In a survey conducted by the RP-Mission and Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD) between Feb. 25 and March 8, 2023, Marcos, a neophyte...
The United States has launched technology-based education program in the Bangsamoro to help improve the quality of education of learners in the region. The program cost is estimated at P15 million. US Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Mission Director Rebekah Eubanks joined on...
The Philippines has expressed no objection against the development on the trilateral security pact among Australia, Britain and the United States (AUKUS), particularly when it announced that Canberra will purchase nuclear-powered submarines. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)...
San Juan City Mayor and Metro Manila Council (MMC) President Francis Zamora revealed that only eight out of 17 localities in Metro Manila have passed and amended their respective ordinances to implement unified fines and penalties in the 20 identified common traffic violations for the single...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said the national government's plan to create a subway system in Metro Manila will be a "game changer" and will help decongest traffic in the National Capital Region's (NCR) major thoroughfares. Zamora, who was named chairman of...
Philippine Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel Romualdez underscored the importance of a “strong bilateral relationship” between the Philippines and the United States (US) to bringing peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. The region, which includes China, the Philippines, and other...
The proposed measure creating the Negros Island Region (NIR)--a pipe dream of Negrense solons--was approved on third and final reading by the House of Representatives on Monday afternoon, March 6. (Wikipedia) Garnering 290 affirmative votes during nominal voting was House Bill (HB) No. 7355,...
The proposal to create the Negros Island Region (NIR) in the Visayas has moved one step closer to fruition. (Wikipedia) This, after the House of Representatives approved on second reading 15 individual bills calling for the creation of the NIR during plenary session Wednesday night, March 1. Passed...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-9 launched the Zamboanga City fire alert program and a newly acquired ambulance for emergency services on Wednesday, March 1, in line with the observance of Fire Prevention Month. The fire alert program notifies the public of fire...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 is the chair of the Regional Ecotourism Committee (REC) in Western Visayas from 2023 to 2026. DENR-6 Director Livino Duran presides over the Regional Ecotourism Committee meeting in Iloilo City. (DENR-6) The...
