CONTINGENCY PROTOCOL SAVES PCSO 3-DIGIT DRAW

Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Thursday confirmed that a minor glitch occurred during its 3-Digit game 2 PM draw on Tuesday (February 27)...
Signing of the largest branded residences project in the Philippines: (from left) Accor Vice President for Development Chris Cho, C9 Hotelworks Managing Director Bill Barnett, Tytans Properties Development Chairman Gerard Tan, Tytans Properties Development Board Member Congresswoman Daphne A. Lagon, Tytans Properties Development President Cong Sonny Lagon, Accor Chief Development Officer Asia Andrew Langdon, and Accor Director of Development Kash Salvador.

Accor Partners with Tytans Properties Development to Unveil World’s Largest Pullman in Cebu 

Accor, one of the world’s leading hospitality groups, continues its rapid expansion in the Philippines with the signing of Pullman Mactan Cebu Hotel & Residences,...
Photos: OS Lito Lapid

LAPID NAMED TUMAUINI, ISABELA ‘ADOPTED SON’

Senator Lito Lapid lead the blessing and inauguration of Rodolfo B. Albano Astrodome in Tumauini, Isabela Thursday, February 24, 2024. Lapid has been proclaimed the...

‘Tuloy ang serbisyo para sa bawat Pilipino’ — Bong Go receives Outstanding Public Servant...

Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go has been recognized by the RP-Mission and Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD) as one of the Outstanding Public Servant Awardees...
A worker carries on his head a sack of rice inside a government rice warehouse National Food Authority in Quezon City. The Department of Agriculture says President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will seriously think about a proposal that would give rice – instead of cash – to beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program). REUTERS/ERIK DE CASTRO/FILES

Agri dep’t probes alleged improper NFA rice sale

DEPARTMENT of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has ordered an investigation on allegations of improper rice sale. The DA chief said he received...
The Philippines gave its nod to the 2022 Fisheries Subsidies Agreement which allows members to grant subsidies for disaster relief under certain conditions to support fisherfolks impacted by natural disasters. PHOTO COURTESY OF GMA NETWORK

PH ratifies WTO pact on fisheries subsidies

THE Philippines became the 70th member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to give its approval to the 2022 Fisheries Subsidies Agreement (FSA), the...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. graces the Pag-IBIG Fund Chairman’s Report 2023, where the agency highlighted a record high P48.76 billion in dividends to be distributed to its members.

PBBM lauds Pag-IBIG for record-high P48.76B dividends declared for members in 2023

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. lauded Pag-IBIG Fund anew as the agency declared P48.76 billion in dividends to be distributed to its members as...
The Department of Trade and Industry could grant additional discounts for the elderly and persons with disability by March, which are currently capped at P260 per month. GIGIE CRUZ/ABS-CBN NEWS PHOTO

Gov’t to hike senior, PWD monthly discount to P500 by March

SENIOR citizens and persons with disability (PWD) can avail themselves of a total of P500 monthly discount on groceries and other commodities next month,...

Public warned about buying smuggled onions online

THE Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) warned the public against sanitary and phytosanitary risks coming from consuming smuggled onions online which did not undergo...
Cattle are being raised at the provincial veterinary farms in Negros Occidental. In 2020, income of animal farms owned by the provincial government increased by 13.7 percent, a report of the Provincial Veterinary Office showed. PVO NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

Importation of bovine by-products OK’d despite ban on live cattle

IMPORTATION of certain agricultural products from Thailand, Russia, South Korea, and Libya are now allowed despite a temporary import ban on the entry of...