Western Visayas has posted a 15 percent increase in cases of flu-like illness this year, with 3,674 from Jan. 1 to Sept. 16, compared with 3,199 cases in the same period last year. Data from the Regional Epidemiology and
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) welcomed Wednesday the preliminary findings of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) mission team on the Philippines’ economic performance. After the conclusion of the 2023 Article IV Consultation Missio…
More than 1,300 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the Bicol Region can exercise their right of suffrage in the coming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). In an interview, lawyer Maria Juana Valeza, Commission on Elections (Comelec)…
The Board of Investments (BOI) is endorsing the PHP50 billion Common Passive Telecommunications Tower Infrastructure Project of EdgePoint Tower, Inc. for green lane treatment in the processing of permits and licenses needed for the project. In a state…
Seventy-one couples from far-flung barangays got married in the biggest mass wedding ever held in the Municipality of San Remigio on Wednesday. Mayor Margarito Mission, Jr. said the municipal government saw the need for the ceremony that benefitted co…
The Police Regional Office-5 (PRO5)-Bicol on Wednesday identified the two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels killed in an encounter with police operatives in Barangay Bascaran, Daraga, Albay on Tuesday. In a report, Lt. Col Malu Calubaquib, PRO5 spokesper…
