MANILA – Senators on Thursday suggested other options for the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) other than its approval of the PHP1 provisional fare increase for jeepneys amid huge oil price hikes.... Read full article
MANILA – The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) continues to log record-high daily ridership in June, the third month of its “libreng sakay (free ride)” program.... Read full article
MANILA – A lawmaker on Thursday urged President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to sign into law a measure doubling the monthly social pension of indigent senior citizens from PHP500 to PHP1,000 as a "parting gift" before he leaves office by end-June.... Read full article
MANILA – Marine units of the Philippines and the United States are conducting exercises that would enhance their interoperability in combined tactical and heliborne operations.... 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
MANILA – An alleged drug dealer was killed in a buy-bust operation that yielded 9 kg. of suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP61 million, in Parañaque City on Tuesday night.... 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
MANILA – Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director General Jeremiah Belgica said he will follow the suspension order by the Office of the Ombudsman amid the graft complaints against him and four other ARTA off... Read full article
MANILA – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said bringing down the price of rice to around PHP20 per kilo is achievable through its mega farms project.... Read full article