BACOLOD CITY: The Negros Occidental provincial government is gearing up for focused responses to help farmers cope with the effects of the El Niño phenomenon, seen to last until the second quarter of 2024.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and …
COTABATO CITY: Four contaminated water sources triggered dehydration and eventually led to the death of five persons, four of them minors, after an outbreak of diarrhea in a remote village in Maguindanao del Sur, officials said Wednesday.
Fuad Samola…
WASHINGTON: The US Treasury announced Tuesday that the federal government’s gross national debt has surpassed USD34 trillion, a record high.
The national debt jumped by USD2.6 trillion in the six months through December.
On Oct. 30, the Senate passe…
MANILA: World’s No. 2 pole vaulter Ernest John ‘EJ’ Obiena is busy preparing for the Paris Olympics, the world’s biggest sports event scheduled from July 26 to Aug. 11 this year.
The first Filipino to qualify for the Summer Games
COTABATO CITY: A police officer serving as escort of a Maguindanao del Norte mayor was killed during a Moro family feud settlement that turned violent here on Tuesday afternoon.
Colonel Querubin Manalang Jr, city police director, identified the slain…
MANILA: Two Americans who have committed crimes involving moral turpitude have been barred from entering the country, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported on Wednesday.
In a statement, BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco identified the foreigners as …
