DBM releases P2.5B for Free Public Internet Access Program

MANILA: The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has granted the release of almost PHP2.5 billion to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) for the implementation of the Free Public Internet Access Program (FPIAP).

In…

Canada earmarks P14.5-M aid for flood-hit Mindanao

MANILA: The Canadian government is donating CAD350,000 or approximately PHP14.5 million in humanitarian aid to support the victims of recent floods and landslides that hit several areas in Mindanao.

The Canadian Embassy in Manila said the aid would b…

Fil-Canadian wins 2-bedroom condo from Bisita, Be My Guest

MANILA: The Department of Tourism (DOT), led by Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco, and SM Development Corp. (SMDC) president Jose Mari J. Banzon on Feb. 13 formally awarded a brand new condominium unit courtesy of SMDC Quezon City to one lucky winner …

2 drug suspects yield P3.4-M shabu in Cotabato

COTABATO CITY: Anti-narcotics agents in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) arrested two members of a big-time drug syndicate operating here and seized from them PHP3.4 million worth of ‘shabu’ on Wednesday afternoon.

Agent Jo…

PBBM to PNP: Improve comms capability, interoperability

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) to establish a good communications system to further improve its interoperability.

Marcos gave the directive during the first PNP command conference h…

P25/kilo rice reaches more households in Negros Occidental

BACOLOD CITY: More households are availing of the PHP25 per kilogram (kg.) rice in Negros Occidental.

On Wednesday afternoon, the ‘Bigasan ng Bayan’ went to Pulupandan town, where 450 residents each availed five kg. of rice sold by farmers from the F…

HCM City’s Nguyen Hue flower street attracts over 1.2 million visitors during Tet

HCM City: Nguyen Hue flower street in Ho Chi Minh City attracted over 1.2 million visitors from February 7-14 (from the 28th day of the 12th lunar month to the 5th day of the first lunar month of the Year of the Dragon).

The flower street was organis…