During the Laging Handa public briefing Friday, Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) president Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. welcomed the 4.2-percent unemployment rate in December 2022, which is the lowest in 17 years since April 2005.... Read full article
Duterte will take care of the day-to-day operations of the government while Marcos is in China, Undersecretary Cheloy Garafil, officer-in-charge of the Office of the Press Secretary, said in a text message.... Read full article
COTABATO CITY – Seventy-six villages in Lanao del Sur province have been declared free of illegal drugs, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency - Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) said Monday.... Read full article
COTABATO CITY – Some PHP734 million worth of new investments have been approved by the investment board in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), creating more job prospects for constituents of the region, an official said Mond... Read full article
LAOAG CITY – The city government has chosen Barangay 1 San Lorenzo as this year’s best performing lupon (peace committee) with a rating of 99.3 percent for demonstrating exemplary performance in settling disputes at the grassroots or barangay level.... Read full article
BUTUAN CITY – The newly installed battalion commander of the Philippine Army’s 30th Infantry Battalion (30IB) will make it his priority to go after communist rebels in his jurisdiction, Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands.... Read full article
DAVAO CITY – Davao Oriental Gov. Nelson Dayanghirang has lauded the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) for the economic development of the province's 32 insurgency-free villages under the Barangay Development Progra... Read full article
ILOILO CITY – The Barangay Drug Clearing Program (BDCP) of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has made a huge impact on the anti-drug campaign in Western Visayas after it was strengthened under the administration of President Rodrigo R. Du... Read full article
BAGUIO CITY – Health authorities here continue to reach out to unvaccinated individuals, especially in Benguet and Ifugao which have registered low vaccination rates, to convince them to get jabbe... Read full article
TACLOBAN CITY – Samar province is eyeing to reverse its reputation from conflict-stricken to a peaceful and developed area with the completion of a peace house and a training facility for former members of the New People’s Army (NPA).... Read full article
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