CEBU: Two drug suspects were arrested after yielding over PHP2 million worth of suspected shabu during a sting operation in this city’s upland village of Malubog, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Central Visayas said Wednesday.

PDEA agen…

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday directed the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Department of Finance (DOF) to look for funds for the stalled Mindanao Railway project.

‘I am ordering the DOTr and the DOF to work in tan…

MANILA: The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) announced on Wednesday it remains to be the largest non-life insurer in the country with a current net worth of PHP50.15 billion.

This, after the state pension fund recorded PHP9.8 billion in gro…

TACLOBAN: Transport cooperatives in Leyte said Wednesday the modernization program provided stable jobs to drivers and comfort to commuters.

In a press briefing, Maria Judith Juare, manager of the United Albuera-Ormoc Transport Cooperative that opera…

CEBU: A 15-megawatt solar power plant to be put up in the northern tip of Cebu province will boost the government’s power supply generation capacity, Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said Wednesday.

The power plant that will be operated under a joint ventur…

MANILA: Customs authorities apprehended several individuals who yielded smuggled cigarettes worth PHP24 million in a series of operations in the provinces of Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato.

In a statement Wednesday, Maita Acevedo, officer-in-charg…

TACLOBAN: The city government of Maasin will implement several measures to prevent the possible spread of African swine fever (ASF) in their locality following reports of confirmed cases in some Southern Leyte towns.

Mayor Nacional Mercado said he ha…

MANILA: Speaker Martin Romualdez on Wednesday said the high trust and performance ratings he received in a recent survey only serves as further motivation for the House of Representatives to work harder to raise the standards of living in the country …