House panel to prioritize probe on improper sale of NFA rice stocks

MANILA: The House Committee on Agriculture and Food will investigate the alleged improper sale of rice buffer stocks on Thursday in line with the chamber’s efforts to lower the price of the staple in the country, its chairperson has said.

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How PH’s 1st village scouting unit transformed an entire community

LEGAZPI: In 2006, at the age of six, Jubille Marlourd Lucena was introduced to the world of KAB (Kabataang Alay sa Bayan) Scouting.

Clad in his white t-shirt, khaki shorts, matching yellow cap, and neckerchief, with the wooden carabao proudly hanging…

House Committee of the Whole approves RBH7

MANILA: The House of Representatives, constituting itself as the Committee of the Whole, on Wednesday approved Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 7, which proposes amendments to certain economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution.

RBH7 was approved…

Over 13K ARBs benefit in DAR Ilocos Norte SPLIT project

LAOAG: The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Ilocos Norte said 2,371 Collective Certificates of Land Ownership Awards (CCLOAs), covering over 13,000 hectares, have already been parcelized into 13,749 individual land titles.

Of the total land tit…

NBI tasked to probe resurgence of ‘mail-order bride’ scheme

MANILA: The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday directed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to look into the resurgence of the mail-order bride schemes where Filipino women marry expatriates for a fee or the prospect of migrating.

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BIR names BARMM education ministry as top taxpayer

COTABATO: The Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MBHTE-BARMM) has been recognized as a top taxpayer under the national government agency category for 2023.

‘It was an exemplary d…

P8-M allocated for Tagum City’s founding anniversary events

TAGUM CITY: The city government here has allocated PHP8 million for this year’s 26th founding anniversary celebration on March 7, an official said Wednesday.

In a press briefing, Mayor Rey Uy said the budget was for major events such as the Musikahan…