BAGUIO CITY: The Department of Health (DOH) said cleaning surroundings to get rid of mosquito breeding places has been proven to be the most efficient and cost-effective way of preventing the transmission of dengue particularly during the rainy season…

MANILA: Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil on Thursday assured that police officers involved in illegal activities will not return to the service.

In an interview, Marbil said he is not content with merely suspension …

BAGUIO CITY: The Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DSWD-CAR) has set aside an initial PHP35.86 million for La Niña-related measures and continues to preposition family food packs and other humanitari…

MANILA: The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has facilitated the safe departure of a ‘disturbed’ Vietnamese woman back to her country.

In a statement Thursday, Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the foreigner, whose identity remained undisclosed as per imm…

CEBU CITY: A social welfare official on Thursday underscored the role of the community in making the national tutoring program ‘Tara, Basa’ successful.

Shalaine Marie Lucero, regional director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Ce…

MANILA: The Austrian Embassy in Manila has earmarked PHP316,000 in grant to fund various therapeutic workshops for Filipino sexual abuse and online exploitation victims.

Austrian Ambassador to the Philippines Johann Brieger and the Philippine Survivo…

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: Antique farmers who received certified seeds from the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) are encouraged to save portions of their harvest they can utilize as ‘homegrown’ certified seeds.

Office of the Provincial Agr…

MANILA: Chinese nationals applying for a Philippine 9 (a) temporary visitor’s visa would have to submit their Chinese Social Insurance Record Certificates, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday.

The DFA officially imposed the addit…