MANILA: A recent OCTA Research survey showing a notable decrease in self-rated poverty and hunger among Filipino families is a clear indication that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s anti-poverty programs and efforts are effectively reaching and imp…

CEBU: Anti-drug operatives seized over one kilo of suspected shabu worth more than PHP7 million from a 35-year-old major supplier of illegal drugs in Metro Cebu, a police official said on Tuesday.

Lt. Col. Wilfredo Alarcon, chief of the Mandaue City …

MANILA: Globe Telecom Inc. (Globe) has blacklisted a total of 36,549 subscriber identity module (SIM) cards from competing networks in the first quarter of 2024 as part of its campaign against scams.

In a statement on Tuesday, Globe said the number o…

MANILA: The 74 individuals implicated in the major drug haul in Tondo, Manila in 2022 which yielded 990 kilos of ‘shabu’ have been given until May 30 to answer the charges following the start of a formal preliminary investigation, a Department of Just…

GENEVA: A new oral vaccine for cholera has received prequalification by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The inactivated oral vaccine Euvichol-S has a similar efficacy to existing vaccines but a simplified formulation, allowing opportunities to r…

ILOILO: The Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DH WV CHD) kicked off the observance of the World Immunization Week (WIW) by bringing services for children, women, and elderly to residents of the municipality of Sta. Ba…

ILOILO: Around 281 drivers and operators from two transport cooperatives in Iloilo will get over PHP8.4 million worth of livelihood projects under the integrated livelihood program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

The Molo Transport …

MANILA: The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has turned down for lack of merit a suit filed by Zuellig Pharma Asia Pacific Ltd. for tax refund amounting to PHP59 million for 2011.

The company had claimed that it is entitled to the tax refund when it render…