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Photo courtesy of Ella Mariz Miña More than 200 jobseekers have signed up for a Civil Service Commission job fair in Bicol offering over 200 vacant positions across several government agencies. CSC-Bicol Director Rosallini Moneda said 226 applicants registered for the Trabaho at Serbisyo Hatid sa Bayan 2026, which allows participants to review vacancies, ask…
PNA photo by Leilanie Adriano More than 1,000 beneficiaries across the Ilocos Region received land patents from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, giving them formal recognition over properties they have occupied or used for years. The DENR distributed 1,003 patents to qualified recipients from Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan during…
Photo courtesy of Albay PIO The Albay provincial government has placed the province under a state of calamity as dengue cases continued to rise, with 1,785 infections and 14 deaths recorded from Jan. 1 to Sept. 8. The Provincial Board approved the declaration during a special session Thursday through a resolution authored by Board Member…
Photo courtesy of PNA The Cordillera’s creative sector is being positioned as a new source of jobs, investment and market growth as government support expands beyond traditional crafts into digital and design-driven industries. DTI-Cordillera Assistant Director Samuel Gallardo said the country’s creative economy is valued at about Php 2.12 trillion, equivalent to roughly 7.6 percent…
Photo courtesy of PNP A woman accused of collecting money from jobseekers for purported factory jobs abroad was arrested in Antipolo City after authorities tracked her down over outstanding warrants, police said. The suspect, ranked as the No. 10 regional most wanted person in Cagayan Valley, was located in Barangay Bagong Nayon 1 on Sept….
DA spokesperson Arnel De Mesa. (Photo from the Philippine News Agency) The Department of Agriculture (DA) is assuring local farmers and fisherfolk that they will be given aid amid the threat of a severe El Niño event as the agency is expecting the release of a P6.2 billion budget from the Department of Budget and…
Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) Commissioner Reynaldo P. Galupo visited the Tubigon Loom Weavers Multi-Purpose Cooperative and the Tubigon Raffia Gallery, Gasa sa Buli (Gift of the Buri Palm) to learn more about the town’s weaving industry and explore how its local resources and skills may open livelihood opportunities for urban poor communities….
Photo courtesy of MMDA After more than five decades—it’s back—the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has revived the pre-Martial Law (declaration) era ‘Love Bus’ that was first launched by the Metropolitan Manila Transit Corporation on January 26, 1976. But this time, the iconic bus has been relaunched with electric buses that will provide ‘free rides’…
The 2026 Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos show that excellence is measured not only by achievement, but by the lives changed through a lifetime of service. (First row, L-R): SSg Joebelle Cerdinio (SC) PA, SSg John Daren Noche PAF, LTCol Rommel Geli PN(M), Emmanuel Guarde, PhD, Cecilia Bucayong, PhD, Jefferson Hora, PhD, PECE, Engr. Sheila Marie…
Photo courtesy of PNP Police intercepted a truck carrying more than 4,000 board feet of sawn narra lumber worth about Php 2.04 million at a checkpoint in Diadi town, authorities said. The vehicle was stopped on Sept. 9 in Barangay Nagsabaran by personnel of the Nueva Vizcaya Police Provincial Office’s 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company….