Regulating single-use plastic products has helped reduced solid wastes generated by the municipality of Patnongon in Antique from 586 tons annually to 350 tons. ‘When our open dumpsite in Patnongon was closed in 2017, we had to take initiatives on how…

Assistant Secretary Atty. Vigor Mendoza II, Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief, on Wednesday directed the LTO 3 regional director to promptly initiate administrative actions against its traffic enforcer who, along with an accomplice, was arrested …

As Typhoon Egay battered Northern Luzon and affected other areas of the country, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Friday announced the agency’s new disaster preparedness program called ‘Buong Bansa Handa….

A total of 85 families or 324 individuals in two Bicol provinces are now taking shelter in different evacuation centers amid the floods caused by Typhoon Egay, the Office of Civil Defense in Bicol region (OCD-5) said on Wednesday. In an interview, Gre…

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) will send at least 1,500 delegates to the World Youth Day (WYD) 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal from Aug. 1 to 6. ‘The reliable data is with the local organizing committee in Portugal. But our estima…

Rescuers have recovered the body of a 23-year-old male believed to have drowned at a river in Barangay Mabato, Ayungon in Negros Oriental while his companion remains missing, the police reported on Wednesday. The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Offi…

Some 4.7 million Filipinos have benefitted from anti-poverty programs of the government, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Wednesday. In a statement, DILG Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. said the figure includes 1.69 mil…

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday said the improvement in the country’s employment figures are the result of the strong collaboration between the government and stakeholders. ‘First, I would like to mention that the employment…