DUMAGUETE CITY: Anti-illegal drug operatives here seized suspected shabu worth almost PHP2.9 million during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Cangmating, Sibulan, Negros Oriental close to midnight Friday.

The suspected shabu weighed about 422.6 grams …

ILOILO CITY: The Department of Agriculture (DA) has distributed 51,630 bags of hybrid and inbred seeds for Iloilo rice farmers this first cropping season.

The seeds, to cover 51,630 hectares, were released directly to the municipalities for easy acce…

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signed into law the New Government Procurement Act (Republic Act 12009) and the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act or AFASA (RA 12010) in a ceremony in Malacañan Palace on Saturday.

The New Government Procur…

MOSCOW: A court in Russia on Friday sentenced American journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years after he was found guilty of espionage.

The prosecutor asked the Sverdlovsk Region Court in Yekaterinburg to sentence him to 18 years in a high-security pr…

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. administered the oath of office to newly appointed Education Secretary Juan Edgardo ‘Sonny’ Angara at Malacañan Palace on Friday evening, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said on Saturday.

‘Welcom…

LAOAG CITY: A pack of shabu has been recovered in the waters of Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte, according to a report from the municipal police station on Saturday.

Maj. Carlo Abing, the town police chief, said a fisherman found a floating plastic package on…

MANILA: The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will install a vertical lift at the EDSA-Philam bus carousel station after drawing severe criticisms over a newly installed ramp that was deemed too steep for persons with disabilities (PWDs…

LEGAZPI CITY: The city government of Legazpi is expected to earn at least PHP50 million in revenues from the weeklong 2024 Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) National Games.

In a press conference here Saturday, PRISAA national president Ed…