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PH records $103.4-B foreign reserves as of end-January

MANILA, Feb. 8 -- The country's gross international reserves (GIR) amounted to USD103.4 billion as of end-January this year, slightly lower than a year ago's USD103.8 billion, the Bangko Sentral ng Pi... Read More


How safe are we from those careless and reckless drivers on the road?

Manila, Feb. 8 -- Every now and then, we read in the newspapers or hear from radio and television news reports about grim accidents involving various types of motor vehicles, including buses and big a... Read More


Negros Occidental, Bacolod City inflation rates slow in January

BACOLOD CITY, Feb. 8 -- Slower annual inflation rates were recorded by Negros Occidental and this highly-urbanized city in January 2024 to 2.2 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively, primarily due to d... Read More


Comelec expands 'Register Anywhere' project in E. Visayas provinces

TACLOBAN CITY, Feb. 8 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) would expand its "Register Anywhere Project (RAP)" in six capital towns and cities in Eastern Visayas to encourage more voters to registe... Read More


DA readies intervention for flood-hit farmers in Caraga

BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 8 -- Farmers affected by the recent flooding caused by inclement weather in the Caraga Region are set to receive aid from the regional office of the Department of Agriculture (DA). ... Read More


18 Iloilo City villages eyed for study on waste management behavior

ILOILO CITY, Feb. 8 -- This city government piloted 18 barangays here in a study on solid waste management behavior at the household level. "We have leveled up from information education campaign bef... Read More


2 drug peddlers fall, P2.4-M 'shabu' seized in Maguindanao Norte sting

Maguindanao Norte, Feb. 8 -- Police arrested two drug suspects and seized suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP2.4 million during a buy-bust in Barangay Crossing Simuay here Thursday m... Read More


Canlaon City allots P1-M subsidy to rice farmers

DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 8 -- The local government unit (LGU) of Canlaon City in Negros Oriental province has allocated PHP 1-million subsidy to its rice farmers as top-up to the palay buying price of the... Read More


Conserve water as dam levels continue to drop - PAGASA

MANILA, Feb. 8 -- A hydrologist on Thursday called on the public, especially Metro Manila residents, to conserve water as dam levels continue to decrease. Angat Dam, which supplies 98 percent of the ... Read More


PBBM: Bagong Pilipinas 'incomplete' without progressive BARMM

MANILA, Feb. 8 -- The goal of building a "Bagong Pilipinas" (New Philippines) could not be realized if the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) lags behind, President Ferdinand R. M... Read More