The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will begin accepting applications for gun ban exemption next month in connection with the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) this October. In Comelec Resolution 10918 released Saturday, the poll bo…

Local farmers are urged to adopt a balanced fertilization strategy (BFS) to address the high cost of imported synthetic fertilizers and low soil fertility. The surge in prices of inorganic fertilizers and the declining soil fertility level in the coun…

Five fighters of the New People’s Army (NPA) died in a series of clashes with troops of the Philippine Army’s 62nd Infantry Battalion (62IB) in the hinterlands of Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental Saturday morning. The bodies of the unidentified rebel…

The government is sparing no effort to ensure water security amid a looming El Niño, the National Water Resources Board (NWRB) said on Saturday. NWRB executive director Sevillo David Jr. said the government is looking for more water sources and monito…

An additional 500 American citizens, including former US president Barack Obama, have been indefinitely barred from entering Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. Among the newly blacklisted are significant figures, officials, lawm…