ISTANBUL: Maria Branyas, the world’s oldest person, died on Monday at the age of 117, media reports said Tuesday.

Born on March 4, 1907, in San Francisco, US, Branyas moved to Spain as a child in 1915.

She had held the title of the world’s oldest pe…

MANILA: Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on Wednesday thumbed down the proposal to revive e-sabong (online cockfighting) to replace foregone revenues due to the total ban on Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs).

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DAVAO CITY: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration increased the disability pension of veterans to PHP10,000 from PHP1,700 monthly in November last year, according to the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office in Davao Region (PVAO-11).

‘They on…

MALASIQUI: Authorities on Wednesday confirmed that the powder inside a floating plastic container surrendered by a fisherman in Barangay Patar Bolinao town, Pangasinan on Monday is shabu weighing about 16.5 kilos and worth PHP112.2 million.

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MANILA: The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is hopeful that the PHP5,000 minimum wage for domestic workers (kasambahay) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will encourage them to stay in the country.

In a phone in…

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Camiguin Governor Xavier Jesus Romualdo said the island’s Quick Response (QR) registration policy is part of the island province’s measure to improve tourism services.

In a radio interview on Wednesday, Romualdo said the QR syste…

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) reported Wednesday the opening of a new quarantine office of the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) at the Subic Freeport Zone, which is expected to enhance the country’s agricultural biosecurity and address pote…

MANILA: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian said Wednesday the agency is ready to help persons who need assistance even if they do not have referral letters from public officials.

Gatchalian made this remark i…