MANILA – The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Thursday hailed the decision of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to adjust the list of holidays and non-working days in 2023 to allow more long weekends that could lead to a robust tourism industry.... Read full article
MANILA – Families in three towns in Batangas province needing to temporarily relocate due to calamities, like the ongoing Taal Volcano unrest, will now have safe places to go to.... Read full article
MANILA – The National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 said at least 65 percent or 8,295,474 of the 12- to 17-year-old population have completed two doses of the coronavirus vaccine.... Read full article
MANILA – Philippine Army (PA) commander, Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., vowed to strengthen and allocate more resources to the Light Reaction Regiment (LRR), the Army's premier counter-terrorist unit, during his first visit to its headquarters in Fort M... Read full article
MANILA – The Sandiganbayan has convicted a former Cebu town mayor of violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act for using municipal funds to buy food items from a bakeshop owned by his family in 2010.... Read full article
MANILA – For the sixth straight day, new Covid-19 cases were below 10,000 as the Department of Health (DOH) tallied 8,361 on Sunday.... Read full article
ILOILO CITY – Some three villages in the municipality of Miagao, Iloilo are recipients of PHP20 million worth of projects each under the Local Government Support Fund-Support to Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP) of the National Task Force to E... Read full article
MANILA – The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Monday asked for assistance from government authorities after the Boracay local government failed to control the number of its tourists that surpassed the carrying capacity during the Holy Week.... Read full article
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is pushing for the inclusion of the newly rehabilitated and expanded airport here as among the alternate gateways for returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and international travelers... Read full article
MANILA – A lawmaker on Tuesday said the new department dedicated to serving migrant Filipinos will streamline and speed up services for the country's overseas workers, especially those in distress.... Read full article