Transforming toxic past into promising future through coffee farming

DAVAO CITY: As you sip a cup of coffee, do you ever stop to think about where it came from?

Unknown to many, Lake Leonard, located within the hinterlands of Maco, Davao de Oro, was a tailing pond of mine wastes in the 80’s and 90’s.

John Paul Matugi…

Senators, NZ PM Luxon explore closer economic, security ties

MANILA: Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri met with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Friday to discuss deeper engagements in economy and security.

‘We are especially interested in engaging New Zealand in deeper economic and agricultur…

Buy P39/kg. rice at ‘Super Kadiwa’ stores, Abalos urges NCR residents

MANILA: Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. on Friday urged residents of the National Capital Region (NCR) to visit ‘Super Kadiwa’ centers to be able to buy rice at PHP39/kg. and other affordable high-q…

DSWD launches ‘Tara, Basa!’ tutoring program in Samar

MANILA: The “Tara, Basa!” (Let’s Read!) tutoring program got going in Samar province on Friday, in line with the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) efforts to upscale the reformatted educational assistance program for struggling and…

Butuan Airport security officer lauded for returning gold ring

MANILA: A security screening officer has returned a gold ring left by a passenger at the Butuan Airport early this week, the Office for Transportation Security (OTS) said Friday.

OTS officer in charge, Assistant Secretary Jose Briones Jr. commended G…

PH posts $1.2-B balance of payments surplus in March

MANILA: The Philippines posted a USD1.2-billion balance of payments (BOP) surplus in March this year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Friday.

Data showed that the BOP surplus last month was slightly lower than the USD1.3 billion surplus…

Visayas grid also placed under red alert

MANILA: The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas grid under red alert status on Friday afternoon as more plants went on unplanned outage.

From 15 power plants on shutdown early Friday, the NGCP in its updated advisor…