DAVAO CITY: The new PHP38 daily wage hike for minimum wage workers in Davao Region will start rolling out on March 6, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB-11) said Tuesday.

In a statement, the RTWPB-11 said the first of the two…

COTABATO CITY: Anti-narcotics operatives arrested an alleged big-time drug peddler from Sultan Kudarat province and seized PHP3.4 million worth of ‘shabu’ during a buy-bust along Sinsuat Avenue here on Monday night.

Agent Jocelyn Mary of the Philippi…

MANILA: The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday released its amended school calendar amid its gradual shift back to the pre-pandemic April-May school break.

According to DepEd Order No. 3, series of 2024 dated Feb. 19, the ‘adjusted end of the…

MANILA: The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center currently has 117 projects worth PHP2.5 trillion in the pipeline for undertaking between the government and private sector.

“This is as of February 2. Particularly, we have a bulk of the projects st…

MANILA: The local stock barometer rebounded on Tuesday after a two-day decline, while the peso ended sideways against the US dollar.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) improved by 56.05 points to 6,854.66, with All Shares gaining 19.09 points…

MANILA: The Philippines will file a case if there is substantial evidence of cyanide fishing in the Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal), President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday.

‘If we feel that there is enough grounds to do so, we will,’ …

BAGUIO CITY: The Department of Trade and Industry-Cordillera Administrative Region (DTI-CAR) is encouraging owners of new businesses and prospective businesses to join the first batch of the ‘Kapatid Mentor Me-Money Market Encounter (KMME-MME) program…

MANILA: The remaining Filipino national in the besieged Gaza Strip, a 63-year-old nun, was reported safe amid the ongoing conflict between Israeli forces and the Hamas terrorists, the Philippine Embassy in Jordan said Tuesday.

The nun from the Missio…