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CHR to LGUs: Boost reproductive health educ to curb teen pregnancy

MANILA, Feb. 9 -- The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Friday urged local government units (LGUs) to focus on comprehensive measures to enhance sexual and reproductive health education and services... Read More


How microloan turned Masbateno bus driver into entrepreneur

MASBATE CITY, Feb. 9 -- When the Covid-19 pandemic brought the entire country to a standstill, former bus driver Alladin Villar's world came to a screeching halt. The imposition of lockdowns and trav... Read More


Finance chief not expecting further rate hike

MANILA, Feb. 9 -- Finance Secretary Ralph Recto said he does not expect interest rates to further increase as inflation is already easing. "I don't expect a future rate hike because inflation is goin... Read More


BSP: Loan growth steady, domestic liquidity slows in December

MANILA, Feb. 9 -- Bank lending of universal and commercial banks (U/KBs) maintained its growth rate in December last year while domestic liquidity grew at a slower rate. Data released by the Bangko S... Read More


Licensed teacher falls in Siargao drug bust

BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 9 -- The amount involved was measly compared to major drug buy-busts but the suspect was an unexpected one. Anti-narcotics agents arrested a licensed teacher who also works as a tou... Read More


Child rescued days after Davao Oro landslide; deaths climb to 15

DAVAO CITY, Feb. 9 -- Local disaster responders rescued a three-year-old girl on Friday morning, four days after a deadly landslide in the Davao de Oro town of Maco. Local rescuers said Senang Macast... Read More


TUP-Visayas to open satellite campus in southern Negros

BACOLOD CITY, Feb. 9 -- The Technological University of the Philippines-Visayas (TUP-V), which has a main campus in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, is expanding to southern Negros with its soon-to-ri... Read More


Negros Oriental's most wanted falls at NAIA

DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 9 -- Agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and other law enforcement units arrested the most wanted person in Negros Oriental at the Ninoy Aquino Interna... Read More


Iloilo City, sister China cities to explore more exchanges

ILOILO CITY, Feb. 9 -- The Chinese Consul General in Cebu said Iloilo City and its sister cities in China must have more people-to-people exchanges and cooperation since the interactions were at "a ve... Read More


Cebu City seeks MMDA help to solve traffic woes

CEBU CITY, Feb. 9 -- Two Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) programmers are now here to conduct an assessment of the current traffic light systems in the capital city, a local official said Thu... Read More