Combating online sex abuse in Iligan City: A blueprint for LGUs

CAGAYAN: It looked like a typical rural household in the outskirts of Iligan City — a small piggery out back and a bundle of wires hanging just above the steel gate showing it had electricity and internet connection.

Inside, however, lies a dark his…

Congress focus on economic provisions only as RBH7 debates start

MANILA: As the Committee of the Whole started its deliberations on Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 7, Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday assured that Congress is only touching on the constitution’s economic provisions that must be amended to adapt…

37 Cordillera towns log zero crimes

DANGWA: The Police Regional Office-Cordillera (PROCor) recorded an 11-percent drop in crime volume last year compared to 2022, resulting in 37 municipalities recording zero crimes.

Records obtained from the PROCor on Monday showed 3,805 cases were li…

DOF vows to secure add’l funding for Metro Manila Subway

MANILA: Finance Secretary Ralph Recto said the third tranche of the loan agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the Metro Manila Subway is expected to be secured by March this year.

“The DOF (Department of Finance) is fu…

More Kadiwa Pop-up stores underway as PHLPost supports DA

MANILA: More consumers will have access to affordable commodities as the Philippine Post Office (PHLPost) opened a Kadiwa site in Bataan as support to the Department of Agriculture (DA).

In a news release on Monday, PHLPost Postmaster General Luis Ca…

Vietjet opens new route connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Vientiane

Vientiane: Vietjet inaugurated a new route connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Vientiane (Laos) on February 25, expanding opportunities for economic development, tourism, and cultural exchange between the two neighbouring countries, Vietnam and Laos.

So…

Overnight interbank rate hits nine-month record high

Hanoi: Overnight interest rate in the interbank market has surged to more than 4%, the highest level in the past nine months, data from the State Bank of Vietnam showed.

The rate on February 21 had increased by nearly 4 times against the end of last …