ILOILO CITY: A former barangay chairperson was shot dead in La Paz district here Monday.

Ernie Poral, 63, former chair of Barangay Ingore, La Paz, was shot in the head by a gunman in Barangay Baldoza at 7:12 a.m.

Police said Poral was buying feeds w…

MANILA: The Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) is mourning the death of Philippine cinema icon Lily Yu-Chu Monteverde, fondly called “Mother Lily” in the movie industry.

Monteverde, who died on Aug. 4, wa…

MANILA: Six resolutions were filed in the Senate on Monday seeking to award Carlos Yulo an official commendation and the Senate Medal of Excellence for bagging two gold medals in the ongoing Paris Olympics.

Senate Resolution Nos. (SRN) 1102 and 1106 …

MANILA: Communities should prepare for moderate to strong aftershocks following the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that jolted Surigao del Sur last Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Monday.

Phivolcs has so far…

MANILA: Senator Grace Poe called on “program masterminds” of the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP) to stop “terrorizing drivers” with franchise revocation, arbitrary deadlines, and loss of investment if the program review will push through…

ILOILO CITY: An association of handloom weavers in Iloilo will receive additional shared service facilities (SSF) project from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

The DTI on Monday said that in addition to the anticipated completion of their …

MANILA: A police officer was killed while another was wounded in an operation that resulted in the rescue of two Chinese nationals and arrest of two kidnappers in Pampanga, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Monday.

In a report, PNP Anti-Ki…

LEGAZPI CITY: The Department of Health-Center for Health Development in Bicol (DOH-CHD-5) is urging the public to practice the “4S” strategy to combat dengue after the region logged a 40-percent increase in cases compared to the same period last year….