ILOILO: A simple ceremony at the shrine of Ilonggo revolutionary and national hero in this city’s Jaro district will mark the celebration of the 167th birth anniversary of Graciano Lopez Jaena on Dec. 18.
Special Assistant to the Mayor, Mathilde
MANILA: The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board has approved four high-impact projects and plans, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and NEDA director general Arsenio Balisacan said Thursday.
Balisacan said the projects were approv…
BACOLOD: This highly-urbanized city and the province of Negros Occidental will have higher annual budgetary allocations for 2024 with the increase in their respective National Tax Allotment (NTA) shares.
From PHP3.25 billion in 2023, Bacolod City wil…
MANILA: A teacher in Sweden has been suspended without pay after giving his students the task of planning a hypothetical terrorist attack as homework, local media reported Wednesday.
An investigation has also been launched into the move by the teache…
MANILA: The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is ready to send 35 Filipino doctors to Gaza, said its chair and chief executive officer Richard Gordon.
Gordon said the sending of doctors is pending as they await the finalization of agreements with
MANILA: The city government is sending a delegation of around a thousand, composed of athletes, officials, and medical personnel, to the Philippine National Games (PNG) and the Batang Pinoy set Dec. 17 to 22 in Manila.
Gaudencio Gonzales, city
