TACLOBAN CITY – Eastern Visayas posted a 20.3 percent poverty incidence last year, lower by 1.9 percentage points from the 22.2 percent posted in 2021, officials reported on Monday.

This means that 10,264 more people in Eastern Visayas have been lift…

MANILA: Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Monday said he is ready to clarify his role in former president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on illegal drugs.

Dela Rosa made the statement in response to Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Rommel Marbil’s call…

Manila: Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said Monday he is not inclined to believe that China is committed to settling maritime difference with other countries.

“Committed sila sa dialogue kaso sila lang ang naniniw…

MANILA: University of Santo Tomas turned back University of the East, 23-25, 23-25, 25-14, 25-17, 15-9, to sweep the four-match Pool B in the 2024 Shakey’s Super League (SSL) Collegiate Pre-Season Championship at Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila late…

LEGAZPI CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said there are at least 30 uncontested aspirants for various positions in the May 2025 midterm elections in the Bicol region.

In an interview on Monday, Comelec-5 (Bicol) director Maria Juana Valez…

Effective this school year, indigent college and graduate students from Antique will receive higher educational assistance of PHP10,000 per semester from the existing PHP6,000.

The provincial board, during its regular session on Monday, approved the …

Manila: Former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) general manager and police colonel Royina Garma said a task force under the leadership of retired Col. Edilberto Leonardo at the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Davao City (CIDG…

MANILA: Japan, a role model in disaster response and rehabilitation, shared its strategies to mitigate disaster risk at the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) on Monday.

Ohashi Makiko, Director-in-Charge of the I…