DSWD, DILG unite to promote communities’ environmental responsibility

MANILA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) collaborated their respective programs to advance environmental responsibility and sustainable practices across local commun…

Bill prohibiting chemical weapons gets final House nod

MANILA: The House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading a measure prohibiting the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons.

With 197 affirmative votes, zero negative vote, and no abst…

New equipment to lure back patients to Laoag hospital

LAOAG: A new computed tomography (CT) scanner and an ultrasound machine, worth a total of PHP50 million, have been delivered to the Laoag City General Hospital (LCGH), eyed to improve the hospital’s services despite challenges to sustain its daily ope…

House approves PH Self-Reliant Defense Posture Program

MANILA: The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on third and final reading the proposed Philippine Self-Reliant Defense Posture Program which will serve as the government’s tool to develop the country’s national defense industry.

House Bill …

Comelec: No failures so far in 2025 poll project bidder’s docs

MANILA: The ongoing post-qualification evaluation of the bid proposal of the Joint Venture of Miru Systems Co Ltd. for the Full Automation System with Transparency Audit/Count (FASTrAC) for the 2025 midterm elections is so far going smoothly.

“There …

7.1 earthquake strikes China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

BEIJING: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region early Tuesday, the China Earthquake Networks Center reported.

The quake’s epicenter was at a depth of 22 kilometers (13 miles) in the mountainous border…

At least 49 ‘doctors to the barrios’ serve E. Visayas rural areas

TACLOBAN: At least 49 medical doctors are serving Eastern Visayas under the Doctors to the Barrios (DTTB) program of the Department of Health (DOH) to strengthen health services in rural communities.

On Tuesday, Jelyn Lopez-Malibago, DOH regional inf…