The Chinese Embassy in Manila said Saturday that two Filipino fishermen, one of them injured, were rescued by Chinese military personnel in the waters off Spratly Islands. A news report by Xinhua, China’s state news agency, relayed by the embassy said Beijing’s military personnel provided...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has denied the payment for accommodations, meals, and other services amounting to P456,716.50 incurred by former Department of Tourism (DOT) officials during their stay at the Discovery Shores Boracay in 2018. It denied the claim of Discovery World Corporation (DWC),...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The province of Ilocos Norte reported no damage from the magnitude-6.3 earthquake that rocked extreme Northern Luzon on Tuesday night, September 12. However, the Office of Civil Defense said on Wednesday, September 13, that five people were reported injured due to...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.6 earthquake jolted Davao Occidental on Monday morning, September 11. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded the tremor at 6:38 a.m. and its epicenter was 368 kilometers (kms) southeast of Balut Island, Sarangani, Davao...
DND Secretary Gibo Teodoro (Facebook) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. has sought the House of Representatives' support for the funding of two key infrastructure development projects on Pag-asa Island. This, after...
ILOILO CITY – Two security guards were arrested on Thursday, September 7, in Malay, Aklan for violating the gun ban in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Police did not identify the suspects who were arrested in the port across world-famous Boracay Island. Police Lt. Col. Danis...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 held a simulation exercise to test the capability of police officers assigned to world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. A K-9 unit checks a suspicious box during a simulation exercise on Boracay Island, the country’s most...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto (Facebook) House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto rued on Saturday, Sept.2 the relative pittance that the government has set aside in the proposed 2024 national...
Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko gave his two cents about China’s newly released map with 10-dash line, encompassing Taiwan and all of the Spratly Islands, including the Philippines’ Kalayaan Island Group (KIG). West Philippine Sea (AFP photo) “China must act...
GENERAL LUNA, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte – This town recently held the groundbreaking ceremony for the P45-million Silongan housing project for victims of typhoon ‘Odette” in Purok 5, Barangay Poblacion, here, funded by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). DPWH-13...
ILOILO CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-6 (Western Visayas) confirmed the presence of red tide in 10 coastal areas in Panay Island following the death of a boy after eating “tahong” or green mussels. “To safeguard human lives, the public is strongly advised to...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The provincial government has allowed the transport of live hogs from this province to Panay Island which is still under a state of calamity due to the contagious African Swine Fever (ASF). Gov. Humerlito A. Dolor issued Executive Order No. 57 approving the new...
