BACOLOD CITY – Inflation rates for all income households in this highly-urbanized city and the province of Negros Occidental eased further in September due to lower prices of various commodities, including food and non-alcoholic beverages.

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ISABELA CITY, Basilan – Members of the prominent Hataman clan will compete for key political positions in Basilan in the May 2025 elections, with family ties extending across the gubernatorial and mayoral races.

On Monday, incumbent Basilan Lone Dis…

Manila: Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III is eyeing to push for reforms in the party-list system if ever he gets to be elected again as a legislator.

In a press briefing on Monday, Pimentel said he agrees with concerns that the curr…

DAGUPAN CITY – Incumbent city councilor Celia Lim is gunning for the city’s mayoralty post.

Celia, widow of former mayor and Pangasinan 4th District Rep. Benjamin Lim, filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec)…

Manila: Members and pensioners of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) in calamity-hit areas in Mindanao and Laguna can now apply for emergency loan.

This, after the towns of Pikit and Kabacan in Cotabato declared state of calamity followin…

BAGUIO CITY – Completion of five new Baguio Water District (BWD) deep wells will further close the gap in the city’s 60,000 cubic meters daily demand, especially during peak tourism season.

BWD general manager engineer Salvador Royeca, in a report t…

ILOILO CITY – Sustained anti-drug operations in Western Visayas last month yielded PHP42.3 million worth of illegal drugs, the Police Regional Office 6 said Monday.

Data showed that 230 police operations were conducted last month that led to the arr…

Manila: Super Typhoon Julian has affected 33,110 farmers and left more than PHP 600 million in agricultural damage, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Monday.

‘Based on the assessment of DA Regional Field Offices (RFOs) in Cordillera, Administra…