Benguet extends P21.35-M assistance to poor residents in ’23

BAGUIO CITY: Around PHP21.35 million worth of assistance were provided to around 1,998 patients and underprivileged Benguet residents who faced monetary challenges in 2023.

According to the yearend report of the Provincial Social Work and Developmen…

Cacao, coconut farmers’ groups in Camarines Sur to get P4.2-M aid

LEGAZPI CITY: The Department of Agriculture-5 (Bicol) will start to distribute PHP4.2 million worth of agricultural interventions for cacao and coconut farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) in Camarines Sur, an official said Wednesday.

In an …

NorMin police seize P1.9-M illegal drugs in 8 days

CAGAYAN: Police units in the Northern Mindanao region started the year 2024 with successive illegal drug operations, seizing PHP1.9 million worth of shabu in over a week.

Brig. Gen. Ricardo Layug Jr., director of Police Regional Office-10 (Northern M…

Romblon town completes cash aid for ASF-affected hog raisers

ODIONGAN: The municipal government here has completed the distribution of cash assistance to backyard swine raisers whose farms were subjected to compulsory ‘depopulation’ as part of the government’s efforts to arrest the spread of African swine fever…

Manufacturing sector continues to grow in November

MANILA: Factory output both in volume and value grew at a faster pace in November last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday.

Results of the PSA’s latest Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries showed that the V…

Puerto Princesa logs 76% rise in tourist arrivals in 2023

PRINCESA: The City Tourism Department here has reported a notable rise in tourist arrivals in 2023, reaching nearly 529,000, according to preliminary data.

Puerto Princesa tourism chief Demetrio Alvior Jr. said Monday afternoon the current count coul…

Naval ships carry Tet gifts to soldiers doing duty at sea

A delegation from the High Command of Naval Zone 2 on January 9 sailed from Vung Tau city, the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province to visit officers and soldiers who are doing their duty on DK1 Platform and Radar Station 590 in Con Dao isla…