MANILA – Bureau of Immigration (BI) inspectors deployed in international airports have been directed to strictly screen Filipinos departing for Japan in a bid to curb human trafficking.... Read full article
MANILA – Workers at the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) are trained to use the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology’s (Phivolcs) Rapid Earthquake Damage Assessment System (REDAS) to boost the rail service’s disaster preparedness.... Read full article
MANILA – A bank executive has cited the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) payment system using the quick response (QR) code as a catalyst to further boost digital payments in the country.... Read full article
MANILA – A total of 221,101 out of 224,695 members of the Philippine National Police (PNP), or 98.40 percent of the force, are already fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as of Sunday.
The remaining ones are partially ... Read full article
MANILA – It could not be denied that gender stereotypes are still pervasive, thereby affecting women’s self-esteem and career progression. But Janicka Cristine Mendoza remained unshakable and proved that women, just like men, can also take the lead.... Read full article
ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan – The City Tourism Office here is hoping for increased tourist arrivals following the province’s shift to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) starting November 1.... Read full article
MANILA – Two projects supported by the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) -- one for hip replacement and another for intramedullary nails – are being designed.... Read full article
MANILA – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) urged all candidates in the May 9 polls to immediately report to them threats by members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA).... Read full article
MANILA – Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año on Friday said small retail stores (sari-sari stores) could secure authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to sell over-the-counter (OTC) medicines.... Read full article