P50-B worth of smuggled items seized Jan. to Aug.

MANILA: Customs authorities have seized over PHP50 billion worth of smuggled items from January to August this year.

The contraband included more than PHP1 billion worth of smuggled tobacco and vape products, Bureau of Customs (BOC) Assistant Commiss…

Antique Comelec urges qualified registrants to avail of RAP

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Antique provincial office urged qualified registrants to avail of the Register Anywhere Program (RAP), which will end on Aug. 31.

Provincial election supervisor Salud Milagros Villanueva said as of Friday, the C…

P93.6-M road to ease congestion on Quezon’s national highway

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the concreting of a 1.22-km. section of the Quezon Industrial Highway in Barangay Mayao Parada, Lucena City, which would alleviate traffic congestion on key national roads.

DPWH-Quezon…

Antique town suspends classes for anti-dengue spraying

Sibalom municipality in Antique suspended classes at all levels in public and private schools to allow insecticide spraying to eliminate dengue vectors.

Mayor Gian Carlo Occeña issued Executive Order 2024-20-VIII, suspending classes on Friday aftern…

1.9M Ilocos Region residents avail of PhilHealth ‘Konsulta’

Some 1.97 million Ilocos Region residents have availed of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) Konsultasyong Sulit Tama (Konsulta), the comprehensive outpatient benefits mandated by the Universal Health Care Law, since 2022.

Ph…

PH Army gets new ordnance, chemical services chief

MANILA: The Philippine Army (PA) on Friday announced the appointment of a new head of its unit tasked to look after all its munitions.

In a statement, PA spokesperson Col. Louie Dema-ala said Col. William Victorino Upano was appointed as the new Army…

Inside job eyed in Bulacan businessman robbery case

MANILA: Probers are looking into a possible inside job in the recent robbery at a businessman’s residence in Bulacan province, where seven police officers are implicated.

In a press briefing held in Camp Crame in Quezon City on Friday, Philippine Nat…