DAVAO CITY: The death toll of the recent massive landslide in Barangay Masara, Maco town in Davao de Oro province has reached 90, an official of the Management of the Dead and Missing (MDM) announced Thursday.

In a press briefing, Lea Añora, MDM clus…

MANILA: Senator Raffy Tulfo has filed a bill seeking for stiffer penalties, including a fine of up to PHP1 million, for motor vehicle drivers found under the influence of alcohol.

Tulfo said that despite the passage of Republic Act (RA) 10586 or the …

MANILA: The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has granted the release of almost PHP2.5 billion to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) for the implementation of the Free Public Internet Access Program (FPIAP).

In…

MANILA: The Canadian government is donating CAD350,000 or approximately PHP14.5 million in humanitarian aid to support the victims of recent floods and landslides that hit several areas in Mindanao.

The Canadian Embassy in Manila said the aid would b…

MANILA: The Department of Tourism (DOT), led by Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco, and SM Development Corp. (SMDC) president Jose Mari J. Banzon on Feb. 13 formally awarded a brand new condominium unit courtesy of SMDC Quezon City to one lucky winner …

COTABATO CITY: Anti-narcotics agents in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) arrested two members of a big-time drug syndicate operating here and seized from them PHP3.4 million worth of ‘shabu’ on Wednesday afternoon.

Agent Jo…

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) to establish a good communications system to further improve its interoperability.

Marcos gave the directive during the first PNP command conference h…

BACOLOD CITY: More households are availing of the PHP25 per kilogram (kg.) rice in Negros Occidental.

On Wednesday afternoon, the ‘Bigasan ng Bayan’ went to Pulupandan town, where 450 residents each availed five kg. of rice sold by farmers from the F…