DAVAO CITY: The city government has collected some PHP1.4 million of fines from anti-smoking ordinance violators during the first quarter of the year, the Vices Regulation Unit (VRU) and the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) reported Thursday.

In an in…

ODIONGAN: The inflation slowdown in this province last month was due to an aggressive agriculture sector that managed to build up food stocks before the full brunt of the dry spell was felt, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) pro…

ODIONGAN: The inflation slowdown in this province last month was due to an aggressive agriculture sector that managed to build up food stocks before the full brunt of the dry spell was felt, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) pro…

JAKARTA: The Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (PVMBG) recorded eruptive activity of volcanic ash soaring up to five kilometers above the peak of Mount Ibu on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, on Thursday.

The eruption occurred …

BUTUAN CITY: At least 9,202 residents in the Surigao del Sur town of Lingig received payments of over PHP16.1 million for rendering five days of community service recently under the government’s cash-for-work program.

In a statement on Wednesday, the…

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday called for stricter visa rules enforcement for foreign nationals entering the country.

This as Marcos acknowledged the growing number of foreign nationals involved in fraudulent activities in the …

MANILA: More innovative and high-impact programs in the country’s higher education are expected with the launching of the Higher Education Innovation Leaders Fellowship Program by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the United States Agency …

MANILA: Mijgona Mahmadalieva of Tajikistan and Chung Mong Gyu of South Korea have been elected as Executive Committee members during the 34th Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress, which concluded in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday.

Mahmadalieva,…