BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) launched on Wednesday, November 29, the Philippine Experience Program (PEP) for Western Visayas in Silay City, Negros Occidental. DEPARTMENT of Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco (second from left) and guests pose with the steam...
CEBU CITY – Rice that can be bought at P20 per kilo is possible after all. The Cebu provincial government on Tuesday, November 28, launched the Sugbo Merkadong Barato (SMB) program where rice from the National Food Authority (NFA) is sold at P20 a kilo. The launching of the SMB program is part of...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (leftmost) weighs rice grains with Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia (2nd from right) and Deputy Speaker Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco (rightmost) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has declared his "all-out" support to a program in Cebu...
Talk has it that several showbiz personalities have "unfollowed" Daniel Padilla as with Andrea Brillantes on Instagram. Supposedly, these include Chie Filomeno, Loisa Andalio, Cathy Garcia-Molina, Robi Domingo and Miles Ocampo. But did they really? Well, Cathy and Robi have broken their silence on...
Senators on the early morning of Tuesday, November 21 called out the head of the Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) for demanding that the Senate prioritize her agency’s proposed budget for next year. It was Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada who took the floor during the Senate...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will await on the go signal of the House of Representatives (HOR) as to when it will push through with the special elections for the vacant seat in Negros Oriental's 3rd legislative district. "This is entirely within their exclusive and original jurisdiction,"...
Team Philippines failed in its bid to defend its 2023 WPA Predator World Teams Championship after getting eliminated in the group stage at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Friday, Nov. 10 (Saturday in Manila). Team Philippines congratulates Team Spain in their group...
Team Philippines regained its old deadly form as it blanked host Puerto Rico, 3-0, to get back on track in its title-retention campaign in the 2023 WPA Predator World Teams Championship at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Thursday, Nov. 9. From left: Roland Garcia,...
Defending champion Team Philippines stumbled in its first assignment in the 2023 Predator WPA World Teams Championship after bowing to Team USA, 3-2, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Carlo Biado, right, competes against Team USA's Shane Van...
Senator Sherwin Garchalian said on Saturday, Nov. 4 that all election workers--both teachers and non-teachers--should have already received their well-deserved full honoraria. Gatchalian emphasized this, especially now that the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) are officially...
An unnamed mayor in Bicol is in hot water after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) found out that the local official put on hold the proclamation of candidates in an unspecified barangay in the province. "Ito warning 'to dun sa mayor na yun kilala mo kung sino ka. 'Wag mo na lang pilitin na...
A total of 19 people were killed while 19 more were injured during the conduct of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) 2023 from Aug. 28 to Oct. 31, 2023. Based on the data provided by the poll body in a press conference on Tuesday, October 31, from the Philippine National Police...
