MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has created the Presidential Office for Child Protection (POCP) to address rising threats to the welfare of Filipino children.

The POCP, which will be under the Office of the President (OP) and headed by a Pr…

TACLOBAN CITY: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is preparing to implement the PHP1.5 billion third phase of the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport’s passenger terminal building construction here.

The third phase covers the provision of pub…

MANILA: Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista on Friday supported the call of public transportation groups for a national summit on the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP) to help address issues and concerns on the program.

In a press con…

MANILA: The proportion of non-performing loans (NPLs) of Philippine banks to their total loans settled at 3.51 percent in June this year, data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Friday showed.

The NPL ratio during the month was slig…

MANILA: The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday said a search of the 30-hectare Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound in Davao City to find wanted Pastor Apollo Quiboloy may take days.

In a press briefing at Camp Crame, PNP spokesperson Col….

DUMAGUETE CITY: The Department of Agriculture (DA) will indemnify farmers whose hogs were culled following an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in Barangay West Balabag in Valencia, Negros Oriental, an official said Friday.

Alejandro Rafal, DA-Pr…

MANILA: The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday urged patients with leptospirosis to seek treatment in other hospitals apart from the National Kidney and Transplant Institute due to lack of staff.

In a public advisory, the DOH said it was assessing …

CEBU CITY: The Philippine National Police (PNP) in this capital city assured an improved safety and security administration with the groundbreaking for a new building set for next month, the top police official here said on Friday.

Col. Antonietto Ca…