3.6K job order, contractual workers in Bicol now SSS members

LEGAZPI: More than 3,600 job order (JO) and contract of service (COS) workers in the Bicol region are now enjoying the benefits and privilege of being a Social Security System (SSS) member.

In a press conference on Tuesday, SSS Luzon Bicol Division V…

DFA: China’s arms race fear over US ‘Typhon’ in PH baseless

MANILA: There is no basis for Beijing to warn Manila that the United States’ deployment of the “Typhon” mid-range missile system to the Philippines would lead to an arms race, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said Tuesday.

In a joint press co…

Army sustains operation to locate NPA weapons in northern Negros

BACOLOD: The Philippine Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) continues to conduct operations to locate more weapons hidden by the New People’s Army (NPA) after the discovery of firearms in two areas in northern Negros in the past two weeks.

‘The inten…

DSWD completes P20.5-M payout for Risk Resiliency Program in Antique

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has completed the payout of PHP20.57 million for the 2,289 beneficiaries of the Risk Resiliency Program (RRP) in Antique.

The payout covered expansion sites in the five m…

Pangasinan runner wins 1,500m gold at ROTC Games Luzon leg

MANILA: Mary Rose Frias of Pangasinan province delivered the first gold medal in the Philippine Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Games Luzon leg after ruling the women’s 1,500m run at the Cavite State University (CvSU) track oval in Indang town …

3 Dumaguete teens join PH team in Norway Football Cup

DUMAGUETE: Three teenage girls from this capital are playing for the Philippine team in the prestigious youth football Norway Cup in Oslo, Norway.

They are Zara Gabriella Danieles, 16, Kelsy Anub, 15, and Alexis Abestano, 16, all members of the local…

Bacolod City’s 45th MassKara Festival set Oct. 11 to 27

BACOLOD: The Sapphire Edition of this city’s world-famous MassKara Festival will kick off with a ‘salubong’ (welcome) on Oct. 11 and will climax with the street and arena dance competition on Oct. 27.

The schedule released by organizer Bacolod Yuhum …