BUENAVISTA: The cost of damage caused by the El Niño phenomenon to rice and corn production in the Municipality of Patnongon, north of Antique, reached PHP33.7 million.
Bernardita Salvador, Patnongon Municipal Agriculture Officer (MAO), said in an in…
MANILA: State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) said its net income hit an all-time high of PHP40.3 billion last year on the back of strong revenues from loans and investments, and prudent cost management.
In a statement on Thursday, Land…
TACLOBAN: The Philippine Army captured a combatant of the New People’s Army (NPA) after an encounter in the upland village in San Isidro, Northern Samar on Wednesday.
The rebel, identified as alias Doming, is a member of squad 1 of sub-regional gueri…
MANILA: The Marcos administration has presented to United Nations Special Rapporteur Irene Khan the ‘real’ record of the human rights situation in the Philippines, the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) said on Thursday.
Officials of …
MANILA: House leaders have reaffirmed the commitment of Congress to pass meaningful legislation that would promote freedom of opinion and expression in the pursuit of transparency, accountability, inclusivity, and building a better Philippines.
Accor…
MALOLOS: To boost the crop production in Bulacan, the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) awarded PHP59.18 million worth of agricultural machinery to 37 Bulakenyo farmers’ cooperati…
BACOLOD: Some 495 personnel of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) will secure the 2024 Bacolaodiat Festival, this city’s celebration of the Chinese New Year, on Feb. 9 to 11.
The festivities, which will usher in the Year of the Wood Dragon, will r…
MANILA: Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday pushed for the passage of his bill, requiring the teaching of financial literacy courses from elementary all the way to the tertiary level.
Gatchalian made this call as financial and insurance activities…