Day: September 7, 2023

The Malaysian Chamber of Commerce and Industries Philippines (MCCI) and the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) have signed Thursday a partnership to accelerate the ease of doing business in the country. The two organizations, represented by MCCI President…

A village councilman seeking the barangay chief post was seriously wounded during an ambush along a road in Leyte, Leyte, Thursday. Initial reports reaching the Philippine National Police (PNP) regional office revealed that Junie Dela Peña, 51, incumb…

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) passed a resolution recommending the declaration of a state of calamity in Antique due to the impact of the southwest monsoon enhanced by Typhoon Goring during its meeting on Thurs…

A candidate for village councilor for next month’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections was shot dead by still unidentified assailants in Barangay Takepan here Wednesday afternoon. Rhoyden Matt Clarence Flores, 36, was buying vegetables at a ro…

Anti-narcotics operatives arrested a former police officer and seized some PHP7.4 million worth of shabu following a buy-bust in this city on Wednesday night. Jocelyn Mary, speaking for the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Autonomo…

Several rice farmer associations from six regions in the country have expressed support for Executive Order (EO) 39, which imposes a price ceiling on regular milled and well-milled rice amid the recent surge in rice prices despite ample supply in the …

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reported that it has so far disbursed PHP139.366 billion, or 98.7 percent, of its budget allocation of PHP141.206 billion for the first half of fiscal year 2023. ‘We assure you that the DILG i…