Forest fire now destroys 200 hectares of Mt. Apo forest cover

DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur—The massive fire in the country’s highest peak continues to eat up areas of Mt. Apo now estimated at 200 hectares, including...

Comelec to conduct bidding for uniforms of employees and BEIs on Election Day

MANILA—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be providing uniforms to its employees and members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) on May 9, Election Day....

MMDA set to reimplement the ‘no-contact’ policy in apprehension of drivers on April 15

MANILA—The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said on Sunday it will start next month the reimplementation of the “no-physical contact” policy in the apprehension” of traffic...

Poe, Escudero resume campaign sortie in Manila

MANILA—Fired-up by positive results of the recent post-presidential debate Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, independent presidential candidate Senator Grace Poe and her running mate, Francis ‘Chiz’...

Binay vows to fight poverty in Isabela

MANILA—United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) presidential bet Vice President Jejomar C. Binay went to his mother’s hometown in Cabagan, Isabela on Sunday and promised to fight poverty...

Half a million more senior citizens to get Php6,000 yearly pension—Recto

MANILA—Almost half a million more seniors will start getting a Php6,000 yearly pension from the government effective this year after Congress increased by Php3 billion the...

Eastern Visayas gets the largest share of 2016 BuB funds—DBM

MANILA—Eastern Visayas, the region hit by super typhoon “Yolanda” in 2013, gets the largest share of the total P24.7 billion Bottom-Up Budgeting funds (BuB) for 2016,...

Palace: Enough security measures are in place to thwart terror attacks in the country

AMLA and prevention of money laundering in PHL

MANILA—Prevention of any money laundering activity in the Philippines starts from, among others, all institutions covered by the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) This was stressed by...

Palace creates task force for West Philippine Sea

MANILA—Malacanang has formed a task force to advance the country’s national interests in the disputed West Philippine Sea. “Given the country’s national interest, national policies and...