Ticket sold in Bacolod City wins P7.3-M Lotto jackpot

MANILA: A bettor from Negros Occidental bagged the PHP7.3 million jackpot in Tuesday night’s Lotto 6/42 draw.

The winning number combination 27-23-31-20-14-28 carried a jackpot prize of PHP7,341,411 and was won by a bettor who bought a ticket in Baco…

Recto: ADB to support enhanced tax collection strategy

MANILA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has vowed to support Finance Secretary Ralph Recto’s core enhanced tax collection strategy of using digital technologies for a more efficient and aggressive tax administration.

In a statement, the Finance depa…

Search on for missing cigarette smugglers in Moro Gulf

MANILA: Authorities and fisherfolk have been searching for the eight men who were hijacked at sea by gunmen off Maguindanao del Norte, an official said Wednesday.

‘Search and rescue operations are continuing,’ Capt. Abdulbasit Kulod, town police chie…

DFA ready to accommodate pre-pandemic level of visa applications

MANILA: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is ready to process more than 1 million Philippine visas annually as pandemic restrictions continue to ease.

In a press briefing on Wednesday, DFA Office of Consular Affairs Visa Section Director Leilan…

QC gears up for 3-day Chinese New Year revelry

MANILA: The Quezon City government has prepared a three-day celebration for the Chinese New Year from February 9 to 11 to promote Banawe as the city’s Chinatown tourism hub.

In a press briefing on Wednesday, QC Tourism Department Officer-In-Charge Ma…

Feb. 8 declared ‘special working holiday’ in BARMM

MANILA: The Bangsamoro government on Wednesday said Feb. 8 is not a holiday but a ‘special working holiday’ within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

The clarification was made in response to news reports quoting a memorandu…

PDEA seizes P6.9-M shabu, arrests ‘dealer’ in Lanao Sur

MANILA: Anti-narcotics operatives arrested a “big-time drug peddler” and seized PHP6.9 million worth of shabu during an entrapment in Poona Bayabao, Lanao del Sur, on Tuesday.

Director Gil Cesario Castro of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in t…