BACOLOD CITY: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Western Visayas (Region 6) has tapped 17 retailers to supply food products to beneficiary households of the Walang Gutom: Food Stamp Program in two local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental. As of Friday, there are seven accredited retailers in E.B. Magalona town and 11 others … Read more
MANILA: The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the establishment of an expanded career progression (ECP) system for public school teachers have been signed on Friday. The ECP system defines two distinct career paths for teachers to pursue: the Classroom Teaching (CT) Career Line or School Administration (SA) Career Line, without prejudice to a teacher’s … Read more
PARIS: The world’s top tennis players got to know their opponents in the opening round of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games here on Thursday. In the men’s singles, 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic will face Australian Matthew Ebden and is possible to meet in the second round his old rival Rafael Nadal, the Beijing … Read more
CEBU CITY: A high-value drug suspect was arrested during a sting operation in Liloan town, north of Cebu Thursday, and yielded some PHP8.1 million worth of shabu. In a report Friday, Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of the Police Regional Office 7, said combined elements of the provincial and Liloan police seized 1.2 kilos of … Read more
MANILA: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Friday said it is preparing for the worst case scenario that the oil spill off the coast of Limay, Bataan would reach Manila Bay. In a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon briefing, PCG spokesperson Rear Admiral Armand Balilo said the oil spill is from the engine of the sunken Motor … Read more
MALASIQUI: Heavy rainfall brought by the southwest monsoon (habagat) enhanced by Typhoon Carina left an initial PHP99.8 million damage to agriculture and infrastructure in Pangasinan, and affected around 12,637 families or 44,483 individuals in La Union. In a phone interview on Friday, Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) Emergency Operations Center Assistant … Read more