MANILA: A party-list lawmaker on Thursday emphasized the need for the crafting of an inter-agency memorandum circular to improve the implementation of the laws granting discounts and benefits to senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and s…
LAOAG CITY: Farmers from this city are grateful for the government’s cash-for-work program, which aims to assist farmers affected by calamities and the ongoing dry spell.
On Thursday, some 1,152 farmers received their wages, at PHP4,350 each for a 10…
MANILA: The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) on Thursday suspended the operations of Ocean Jet 6, a passenger ferry, and Hop and Go 1, a water taxi, to allow for the investigation into their collision off Batangas on Wednesday.
Suspensions have
MANILA: Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday pushed for the passage of his bill, requiring the teaching of financial literacy courses from elementary all the way to the tertiary level.
Gatchalian made this call as financial and insurance activities…
ILOILO CITY: Iloilo City has recorded a good turnout in business permit renewals as it registered a 15-percent increase compared with the same period last year.
In an interview Thursday, Local Economic Development and Investment Promotion (LEDIP) Off…
LAOAG CITY: A rescued pilot whale at the shores of Paoay, Ilocos Norte was found dead, hours after it was released back to the sea.
In a phone interview, Vanessa Abegail Dagdagan, senior aquaculturist of the Bureau of Fisheries and
