ANKARA: January 2024 broke the record of being the warmest January in history with 13.14C (55.65F), the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a statement.

This level is 0.70C above the 1991-2020 average for January and 0.12C above the …

MANILA: University of the East (UE) leveled the UAAP Season 86 boys volleyball best-of-three championship series at 1-1 after posting a 18-25, 17-25, 27-25, 26-24, 15-11 victory over National University Nazareth School (NUNS) at the FilOil EcoOil Cent…

MANILA: The Philippine government is planning to introduce a “layover tour” program for local and foreign tourists transiting through the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco announced Thursday.

Frasco said th…

LINGAYEN: Declaration of long weekends and added holidays, which the Marcos administration hopes to boost tourism growth, have been significant in the 23.53 percent increase in tourist arrivals in Pangasinan in 2023, a local official said.

Pangasinan…

SULTAN KUDARAT: Police arrested two drug suspects and seized suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP2.4 million during a buy-bust in Barangay Crossing Simuay here Thursday morning.

Lt. Col. Esmael Madin, municipal police chief, said the…

MANILA: The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has begun the distribution of electronic titles (e-titles) to 2,500 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) in the Davao Region.

In a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon interview Thursday, DAR Undersecretary Kazel Cel…

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday urged the Muslim community to be ‘agents of transformation’ to make the country into a ‘more peaceful, inclusive, and progressive for all Filipinos.’

Marcos made the call as he joined the observan…

MANILA: The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has again hiked the power rate in its franchise areas for February.

Meralco announced Thursday that electricity charges for the month increased by PHP0.5738 per kilowatt hour to PHP11.9168 per kWh from PH…