By Tracy Cabrera Based on information received from General Santos City, local police authorities here have sent a GenSan student to a youth facility for alleged online threats amid another shooting incident in a school in Banga, South Cotabato. Police placed the 15-year-old student under the care of social workers after he allegedly issued online…
DAVAO CITY – The Environmental Management Bureau-Davao Region (EMB-11) said that ambient air monitoring stations across the region reported mixed air quality levels as of 7 a.m. on Wednesday. In its bulletin, Tagum station recorded good conditions, while Malita, Digos, and Calinan stations registered fair levels due to elevated particulate matter (PM2.5). PM2.5 refers to…
By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. remains firm on his position that the Philippines will not rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC) for now, Malacañang said Wednesday. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro made the statement after United States (US) President Donald Trump urged ICC member-states to immediately withdraw from the international…
By Tracy Cabrera The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) reaffirmed its commitment to provide greater financial security and more accessible services to retired government workers as it celebrates National Pensioners’ Week.According to GSIS president and general manager Jose Arnulfo ‘Wick’ Veloso, the latest move highlights the expanding range of benefits, financial assistance, insurance, housing and…
PRESS RELEASE: MANILA, PHILIPPINES — The Global Tourism Business Association (GTBA) and ONEKLIK Events marked a meaningful milestone on September 17, 2026, formally renewing their long-standing partnership with Tourism Malaysia, Guam Visitors Bureau, Taiwan Tourism Authority, Sunlight Air, and Metrobank as key strategic partners for the 4th Travel Sale Expo (TSE). The official partnership signing…
Dileep Tiwari, managing director of Biocare Life Sciences Inc. (second from left), discussed how India and the Philippines could provide affordable medicines through cooperation. A more resilient healthcare system starts before a crisis: with reliable medicine supplies, workable regulations and partnerships that keep treatment affordable. That was the message of Dileep Tiwari, managing director of…
By Perla Lena ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – Western Visayas is calling for stronger local ordinances and dedicated disposal systems for electronic waste after volunteers collected 188 discarded e-cigarettes during this year’s International Coastal Cleanup. The cleanup on Sept. 19 yielded 110 e-cigarettes in coastal barangays in Capiz,…
By Alexander Lopez BUTUAN CITY – The city government here formally opened its seventh district health center on Tuesday to serve more than 16,000 residents in four barangays (villages). City Mayor Lawrence Lemuel Fortun led the opening of the Sumilihon District and Main Health Center, witnessed by top city health and barangay officials. “The launch…
DUMAGUETE CITY – First Gen Corporation is undertaking a modernization project that will increase the installed capacity of its Palinpinon-1 geothermal power plant in Valencia, Negros Oriental, from 112.5 megawatts (MW) to 126 MW. The project, being implemented by First Gen’s geothermal arm, Energy Development Corporation (EDC), involves replacing the plant’s three 37.5-MW turbine-generator units…
ESCUDERO DEFENDS REOPENING OF IMPEACHMENT VOTE-THRESHOLD RULING MANILA – Presiding officer Francis Escudero on Wednesday laid out the procedural basis for allowing the Senate impeachment court to revisit its earlier ruling that fixed at 16 the votes needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte. Escudero said neither the Senate’s regular reconsideration periods nor the 15-day…