DAVAO CITY: Authorities in the Davao Region seized nearly PHP1 million worth of illegal drugs in 24-hour operations, the Police Regional Office (PRO-11) reported Wednesday.

In a statement, PRO-11 said the nine drug-related operations -carried out bet…

DUMAGUETE CITY: Rice prices in Negros Oriental slightly dropped due to the importation of the commodity, as well as local production, an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Wednesday.

Rice traders here said a 50-kg. sack of premium ri…

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on July 31 called for acceleration of Asian Development Bank (ADB) financed projects, while hosting ADB Country Director for Vietnam Shantanu Chakraborty in Hanoi.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with the Vietnamese embassy staff and representatives of the Vietnamese community in India during his ongoing state visit to the country.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

MANILA: Members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) nabbed two Chinese nationals during an anti-human trafficking operation inside a suspected illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) facility in Pampanga province on Tue…

MANILA: Secretary Alfredo Pascual has stepped down as head of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said Wednesday.

In a statement posted on social media, the PCO said Pascual’s resignation will take…

MANILA: The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Luzon grid on Wednesday under yellow alert amid the limited power supply.

This, as the Sual Unit 2 and the GNPower Dinginin Unit 2 tripped due to a boiler tube lead, the NGCP …

MANILA: Twenty-two senators on Wednesday filed a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to temporarily suspend the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP) due to concerns about its unplanned and rushed implementation.

Senate Resolution N…