MANILA: The country’s unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in November last year, while employment reached its highest since April 2005, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday.

At a briefing, National Statistician Dennis …

BACOLOD CITY: Three separate anti-drug operations led to the arrest of five suspects and the confiscation of PHP2.35 million worth of shabu, said the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) in a report on Tuesday.

At almost 6 p.m. on Monday,

MANILA: A House leader on Tuesday said Congress still has the prerogative to provide appropriations on a case-to-case basis for state universities and colleges (SUCs) if they want to continue offering the senior high school (SHS) program.

House Minor…

MANILA: The Bureau of Customs (BOC) collected PHP883.624 billion last year, surpassing its PHP874.16 billion target by 1.08 percent, the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Tuesday.

In a statement, the DOF said the BOC’s collections last year were al…

ILOILO CITY: Iloilo province logged its first suspected case of rabies this year, a 17-year-old male from the municipality of Pototan, pending the result of the specimen.

Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) chief, Dr. Maria Socorro Quiñon, in a

Palawan: Jeju Air, touted as South Korea’s first and largest low-cost airline, is opening direct flights from Incheon to Puerto Princesa beginning in March.

Demetrio Alvior Jr., chief of the City Tourism Department (CTD), told reporters on Tuesday th…