PARLIAMENT | Tenders involved 12 public sector entities, Armizan says.
Around 40% of all original homeowners have moved out of Hoi An, while rents for state-owned properties have soared to hundreds of millions of dong a month, putting the ancient town at risk of gradually losing its local population.
Waze restriction unjustified as other similar apps also collect same data from users, they add.
Thai immigration police have revoked an Israeli woman's visa and detained her pending deportation after she allegedly threatened national park staff and ordered hotel guests out on Koh Phangan.
This country has a total area of approximately 90,000 sq.km, of which more than 99% is seawater.
TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Filipino seafarers training in Eastern Visayas are expected to benefit from improved accommodation and upgraded safety training facilities as the National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) rolls out P261 million worth of infrastructure projects at its Tacloban complex. The projects, unveiled on Tuesday, Oct. 27, form part of the government agency’s modernization
MANILA, Philippines — Pre-shaded ballots were observed in three precincts outside the high-profile incident in Maluso, Basilan, during the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), an election watchdog said on Wednesday. The findings suggest that the ballot irregularities were not confined to Maluso, where more than 16,000 ballots were
MANILA, Philippines — More Filipinos were satisfied with Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team than the House prosecution during her Senate impeachment trial, a survey from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said on Wednesday. The survey was fielded among 1,500 Filipino adults, aged 18 and above, nationwide using face-to-face interviews. It found that 47 percent
MANILA, Philippines — No bettor won the ₱312.1 million Grand Lotto 6/55 jackpot or the ₱15 million Mega Lotto 6/45 jackpot in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) draws on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. The Grand Lotto 6/55 draw produced the winning combination 36-21-16-26-49-13, with a jackpot prize of ₱312.1 million. No ticket matched all
BACOLOD CITY — The Alliance of Concerned Consumers in Electricity and Social Services (Access) has backed Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian’s call for the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to penalize power firms responsible for recurring and prolonged outages across the Visayas Grid. Access President Wennie Sancho said on Wednesday that
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol — The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered Cebu City Mayor Nestor Dionson Archival Sr. to pay a fine equivalent to one month’s basic salary after finding him administratively liable for simple neglect of duty over lapses in the operation of the 2025 Colon Street Night Market. The Ombudsman on Wednesday said
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is now studying whether to expand its One-Time Abatement Program for Micro Taxpayers after noting a strong response to it. In a statement on Wednesday, the BIR pointed out that, in the four months since the program was established, it has recorded 3,929 beneficiaries and P266.79
MANILA, Philippines — The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) urged the dismissal of the cyber libel suit filed against former Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor over his statements questioning Planters Products Inc.’s (PPI) rice imports. “We call for the dismissal of this cyber libel suit, and for protection of advocates who defend farmers. Let us debate