Malasiqui: Fifty-three villages from eight localities in the province of La Union were categorized as red zones due to the presence of African swine fever (ASF), a Department of Agriculture (DA) official said Friday.

These villages are in the towns o…

Manila: Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil has designated Maj. Gen. Edgar Alan Okubo as acting Chief of the Directorial Staff, the force’s fourth highest official.

Okubo’s reassignment took effect on Friday, replacing…

Manila: Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo has decided to pursue her candidacy for her former post, her lawyer said Friday.

Lawyer Stephen David made the pronouncement in an ambush interview at the Department of Justice during the start of the …

The country’s headline inflation further eased to 1.9 percent in September this year, the lowest recorded since the 1.6 percent in May 2020.

Headline inflation was at 3.3 percent in August and 6.1 percent in September last year.

In a briefing on Fr…

Manila: The Philippines is gearing towards using modern space technology to further strengthen environmental protection and climate resilience.

In a Facebook post on Friday, the Climate Change Commission said while the country has been experiencing h…

Businessmen in Negros Oriental are pushing for the speedy energization of a new power transmission line as the current 69 kilovolt (kV) line is on the brink of reaching critical levels.

‘The 69kV line in Amlan town is already going beyond its limits…

Dumaguete: Former Negros Oriental governor Pryde Henry Teves on Friday filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for the position of governor in the May 2025 mid-term elections.

Teves, running under the Liberal Party (LP), was accompanied by Dumaguete…

The Philippine National Volunteers Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) has partnered with the US Peace Corps to strengthen the country’s culture of volunteerism as they prepared more than 50 peace volunteers in Cebu City.

‘This initiative is one of…