ILOILO CITY – Agriculture losses due to the El Niño phenomenon in Western Visayas already reached PHP1.49 billion, based on the May 6 situation report of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) here. Iloilo ...

The local stock barometer fell on Tuesday following the uptick in the inflation rate for April while the peso closed flat against the US dollar. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) ...

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Bicol is expecting better quality products and increased income among members of two agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) in Camarines Sur after ...

MANILA – Arellano University relied on an assist from San Beda and its emphatic 25-16, 25-16, 25-16 victory over Jose Rizal U on Tuesday to edge Mapua for the fourth and last ticket to the NCAA Season ...

Government agencies on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with three big conglomerates in the country for the protection and management of the Verde Island Passage (VIP). The MOU was ...

Youth groups in Pangasinan, headed by the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Provincial Federation and the Pangasinan Youth Development Council (PYDC), have been tapped to help the government in its fight ...

The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) is ready at all times to deploy security forces when needed at any given time, an official said Tuesday. Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of NOPPO ...

The province of Antique has received 27,634 food packs worth over PHP17.8 million from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Western Visayas (DSWD-6) for families affected by the El Niño ...

Nuclear energy could help in addressing power shortage in the country, the head of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) said Tuesday. In a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon briefing, PNRI executive ...

MANILA – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has increased its "Z benefit" package for breast cancer patients to PHP1.4 million. In a news release on Tuesday, the state insurer ...

The measure amending the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) to allow the National Food Authority (NFA) to sell rice to markets at a lower price hurdled the committee level at the House of Representatives.

Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco has positioned the country as a Muslim-friendly destination through a "listening session" with tourism players from the Middle East. Frasco met with some 90 travel ...