MANILA: Families of deceased residents of the city of Manila would now be entitled to a funeral assistance from the local government.
City Ordinance 9019 signed by Mayor Honey Lacuna on Monday provides for the grant of the benefit worth
BUTUAN CITY: Fifty-seven drug suspects were arrested in a series of anti-drug operations carried out by various police field units last week, the Police Regional Office in the Caraga Region (PRO-13) reported on Monday.
‘Of the 57 suspects arrested, 1…
ISTANBUL: Mount Merapi, Indonesia’s most active volcano, began spewing lava on Sunday, with ash clouds covering some towns on the Java island, a senior official said.
The rocks and lava flows formed by Merapi’s eruption spread over a two-kilometer (1…
MANILA: In Silaguin Bay, just off the coast of San Antonio, Zambales, a private firm is helping blaze the trail to increase local production of pompano, a delicious, high value aquaculture alternative to milkfish.
Government data showed that in 2022,…
MANILA: The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Monday revealed its traffic and parking management plans for the “Bagong Pilipinas Kick-Off Rally” at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila slated on Jan. 28.
In an advisory, the agency said …
DAVAO CITY: Deaths caused by the shear line effects in Davao Region climbed to 16 with five injured victims as of Monday, the regional Office of the Civil Defense (OCD-11) said.
Ednar Dayanghirang, the OCD-11 regional director, said incidents of
