DSWD-Bicol distributes 7th wave of food aid for Mayon evacuees

The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol (DSWD-5) started to distribute on Tuesday a total of 6,372 family food packs (FFPs) for the seventh wave assistance for Mayon evacuees. In a phone interview on Tuesday, DSWD-5 Disaster Response…

TRB adds more toll plazas in 4th batch of RFID-only dry run

The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) on Tuesday announced the fourth batch of the dry-run for contactless toll collection beginning Thursday and the list of participating toll plazas. In a Facebook post, the TRB said all toll plazas that participated in th…

PBBM thumbs down proposed rice tariff reduction

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday bucked the proposal to temporarily implement rice tariff reduction in a bid to address the surge of rice prices in the market. ‘We decided with the agriculture and economic managers that … it was not the ri…

OTS chief resigns amid series of alleged theft cases at NAIA

Office for Transportation Security (OTS) Administrator Ma. O Aplasca filed Tuesday his courtesy resignation amid a string of cases of alleged theft involving screening personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). In a letter addressed t…

Comelec cites recommendations to improve BSKE mall voting

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday said allowing voting precincts to locate in malls provide some ease to the public, but some still pose challenge for the vulnerable sector. Citing a report on the voting dry-run in select malls in Manil…

Skateboarders Didal, Feliciano make medal round; Eala gains QF

Skateboarders Margielyn Didal and Renzo Mark Feliciano barged into the women’s and men’s street event medal round in the 19th Asian Games at Qiantang Roller Sports Centre in Zhejiang Province, China on Tuesday. Didal, the 2018 gold medalist, landed si…

Chinese firm to open 2 new factories in Batangas

China-based electronics company Grandsun Advanced Electronics (Philippines) Co. Inc. will open two additional audio devices factories in Batangas in 2025, a fruit of the President’s visit to China last January. In a statement on Tuesday, the Board of …