PAHANG TO FUND CIVIL SERVANTS, PENSIONERS TREATMENT COST AT SASMEC@IIUM

KUANTAN, The Pahang government will finance the treatment costs of the state’s civil servants and state government retirees at Sultan Ahmad Shah Medical Centre, International Islamic University of Malaysia (SASMEC@IIUM), here, effective this month.

PBBM: No need for nationwide state of calamity over El Niño

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday said he does not see the need to place the entire country under a state of calamity due to El Niño.

In an interview in Bacolod City, Marcos said the government is addressing the effects of the pheno…

WATER SUPPLY IN PASIR MAS, TUMPAT FULLY RESTORED – EXCO

PASIR MAS, Water supply to 48,635 consumers in Pasir Mas and Tumpat has been fully restored after the Kelar Water Treatment Plant (LRA), here, was able to resume full operation.

State Public Works, Infrastructure, Water and Rural Development Committ…

Marcos assures Teves: No threat to your life

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday assured former congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. that there is no threat to his life and he can safely return to the Philippines to face the charges against him.

Teves, the alleged mastermind in the kil…

CCC opens nominations for climate, disaster risk reduction scholarship

MANILA: The Climate Change Commission (CCC) is opening the nominations for the Sustainable Leadership Learning for Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction (SLL-CDRR) scholarship program in 2024.

The SLL-CDRR scholarship program is a collaboration between…

Samar’s ex-rebel housing recipients tapped as forest guards

TACLOBAN CITY: Former rebels in San Jose de Buan, Samar, who recently benefited from the housing project of the provincial government, will be trained as forest rangers to protect portions of the natural forest of the Samar Island Natural Park.

Samar…

Water district deploys siphon tanks to Cebu City upland villages

CEBU CITY: The Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) deployed two mobile siphon tanks (MST) to two hinterland villages here to cushion the impact of the dry spell on upland residents, an official said Monday.

Minerva Gerodias, MCWD spokesperson, said the …