Free vacation awaits 7 lucky 1st-time visitors to Baguio, Benguet

BAGUIO CITY: Seven bus passengers, who are first-time visitors to Baguio City, will be selected on Thursday to win a three-day vacation here and in Benguet as part of the 2024 Lucky Summer Visitors (LSV) search created by local media practitioners.

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Gov’t deploys buses to serve passengers affected by LRT-1 shutdown

MANILA: Several government agencies on Wednesday deployed free ride buses to serve passengers affected by the temporary shutdown of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) during the Holy Week.

In a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon interview, Metropolitan Manil…

Live street ‘Senakulo’ to draw more than 60K on Good Friday

PALO: The Archdiocese of Palo and the local government here are expecting at least 60,000 devotees to witness the live street play of Senakulo, the staged re-enactment of Jesus Christ’s passion and death, on Good Friday.

Nariza Marasigan, the town to…

PVL All Filipino semifinal race heats up

MANILA: The race to the semifinals in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All Filipino Conference heats up with five teams fighting to earn a spot when the preliminary round resumes on April 2 at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City.

Creamline gained s…

NSC unaware of PH, China ‘gentleman’s agreement’ on WPS

MANILA: National Security Council (NSC) Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya said on Wednesday they were unaware of any “gentleman’s agreement” that the Philippines entered with China during the past administration regarding the West Philippine …

Comelec boosts 2025 midterm poll system’s defense vs. cyberattacks

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday said it is gearing up to further secure the automated election system (AES) to be used in next year’s midterm polls against cyberattacks.

‘That is what we are doing. The reason why the prepar…

ITSO reports record-high intellectual property filings in 2023

MANILA: The Intellectual Property of the Philippines (IPOPHL) said on Wednesday IP filings through its Innovations and Technology Support Offices (ITSOs) hit an all-time high last year as more universities and colleges joined the Innovation and Techno…