MANILA: The Philippine National Police (PNP) is deploying at least 2,065 policemen in six provinces and two cities in Eastern Visayas to secure churches and other public places this holiday season.
The deployment is part of the PNP’s “Ligtas Paskuhan…
GENEVA: The president of the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday pledged more than USD45 million for displaced people at the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva.
“We are committing over USD45 million benefiting approximately 500,000 displaced peo…
BACOLOD: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is ensuring safe and secure sea travel during the Christmas and New Year holidays in Western Visayas, its top official in the region said on Thursday.
In an interview here, Capt. Weniel Azcuna, acting
JERUSALEM: An Israeli agricultural non-governmental organization has launched a USD50 million emergency fund to rebuild farming communities near the Gaza border badly damaged in the Oct. 7 massacre.
The ‘ReGrow Israel’ initiative will go towards repl…
LAOAG: Ilocos Norte was strike-free on Thursday as local transport groups did not join the transport strike being staged by Manila-based jeepney drivers and operators because they support the jeepney modernization program.
General manager of the Metr…
MANILA: A total of 413 agrarian reform beneficiaries in Albay province have received their electronic land titles (e-titles) from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).
In an interview on Thursday, Maria Flora Serra, DAR-Albay information officer, …
