PRINCESA: A consumers’ group in this province is urging the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to assume management control over the Palawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO), citing its alleged inability to provide dependable and affordable el…

TACLOBAN: The national government has already released PHP40.79 million for families impacted by the devastating flood in Northern Samar late last year, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office here reported on Monday.

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TEHRAN: Iran has successfully put for the first time three homegrown satellites into space orbits, getting close to reaching the Geostationary Orbit (GEO), also known as geosynchronous orbit.

The 32-kilogram Mahda, and the nano Keyhan-2 and Hatef-1 r…

DAVAO: A coffee farmers’ association in the Davao del Sur town of Sta. Cruz received PHP18 million worth of facilities and capital from the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Program (DA-PRDP) over the weekend.

DA-11 Director Ab…

LEGAZPI CITY: The coastal water of Milagros town in Masbate province is positive for red tide toxin, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Monday.

Rowena Briones, BFAR-Bicol spokesperson, said based on their monitoring, the she…

BUTUAN: Two communist New People’s Army (NPA) guerillas were killed while another was captured in an encounter with government troopers in Agusan del Norte’s town of Buenavista on Monday morning.

Brig. Gen. Adonis Ariel Orio, the Army’s 402nd Infantr…

MANILA: The National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) on Monday bared its plans for the celebration of the upcoming National Arts Month (NAM) in February.

NCCA Commissioner Arvin Villalon said this year’s theme, ‘Ani ng Sining, Bayang Malikh…

ILOILO: The Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) will establish a tourist rest area (TRA) in Iloilo, one of the initiatives of the Department of Tourism (DOT) for seamless travel under the Bagong Pilipinas campaign of President…