MANILA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is pleased with the higher 2024 budget allotment of PHP112.8 billion for the 4.4 million beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), a senior official of the agency sa…

MANILA: Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Wednesday said the PHP13 billion savings from simultaneously holding the 2025 midterm elections and the plebiscite to amend the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution can be used to boost other prog…

MANILA: The Metro Manila Council (MMC) has approved a resolution to ban the use of e-bikes, e-trikes, and other electric motor vehicles on major roads across the National Capital Region (NCR) starting April.

During a press conference following an MMC…

MANILA: The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Wednesday clarified that Grab Philippines, Inc. has been included in the motorcycle taxi pilot study but has yet to receive a license to begin their motorcycle taxi (MC taxi) …

MANILA: South Korea has donated 750 metric tons of rice to the Philippine government to support several areas in the country previously affected by calamities, the Korean Embassy in Manila said Wednesday.

Embassy Deputy Chief Minister Sang Seung Man …

CALAMBA: The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Quezon province has completed the construction of the Mini Science Centrum on Alabat Island to enhance learning and encourage the local youth, some of whom are members of Indigenous Peoples (…

TACLOBAN: The Northern Samar provincial government will provide services to at least 1,122 poor families in Laoang town in its service caravan on February 29.

The provincial government said the first caravan this year would cover the farming villages…

MALASIQUI: Some 40 oyster farmers in Alaminos City, Pangasinan have successfully adopted the modified bamboo raft technology introduced by the Department of Agriculture-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI) last year.

In a …