MANILA: Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday urged the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to look into reports of universities and colleges in Cagayan allegedly selling degrees to Chinese students for up to PHP2 million.

In a statement, Gatchali…

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: Antique declared on Thursday a state of calamity due to the El Niño phenomenon.

This after the provincial board adopted the recommendation of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) on the declar…

MANILA: Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairperson J. Prospero de Vera III slammed allegations concerning the “non-payment” of grants for Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES).

“Charges laid against me lack merit and are purely unsubstantiated alle…

MANILA: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday assured that contingency plans are in place for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in case of emergencies and crisis situations amid the volatile security situation in the Middle East.

Foreign…

MANILA: A former lawmaker on Thursday filed a petition before the Supreme Court (SC) seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) and preliminary injunction against the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) contract with Miru Systems Co. for the automated…

MANILA: Law enforcers exercised full transparency in accounting for the value of illegal drugs intercepted in a checkpoint in Batangas province earlier this week, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. sai…

HAMILTON: The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday reported that 70 percent of the population in the Gaza Strip consists of young people under the age of 30.

It said nearly all of them are grappling with unprecedented levels of trauma, violence, disease,…

MANILA: About 945,595 children in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao have been vaccinated against measles as of April 16.

The Department of Health (DOH) said the vaccination is part of the non-selective Measles Outbreak Response Immu…