After the public schools, the City Health Office (CHO) is now “highly” encouraging tertiary schools to wear face masks as protection against seasonal flu. ‘The memo on wearing of face masks is also extended to tertiary schools,’ Dr. Margie

The Department of Tourism (DOT) is eyeing to promote Central Luzon as one of the country’s premier diving destinations. DOT Regional Director Richard Daenos said on Monday they are starting to introduce strategies to position Subic as a premier

Rice sufficiency level in Ilocos Region is at 181 percent amid the typhoons and rains experienced in the past months, an executive of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Monday. In a forum hosted by the Philippine Information Agency-Ilocos

Illegal drugs and unlicensed firearms were the top arrests at the end of September, the Police Regional Office in Northern Mindanao (PRO-10) reported on Monday. Brig. Gen. Lawrence Coop, PRO-10 director, said the Simultaneous Anti-Criminality and Law…

At 99, Magdalena Gamayo, the grandmother of handwoven cloth Abel Iloko, continues to weave the finest inabel textiles with a very high thread count and intricate designs that sometimes can take up to five colors. Every day, her local

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo Pascual said on Monday Executive Order (EO) No. 41 that prohibits the collection of pass-through fees by local government units (LGUs) is a timely policy for the upcoming Christmas season. Altho…