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CEBU CITY, Philippines — The inaugural Governor’s Zero Hunger Run has already surpassed its target number of participants ahead of its scheduled staging on August 2 at the Cebu Provincial Capitol grounds. Cebu Provincial Sports Commission (CPSC) Commissioner Francis Chad Salimbangon, who also serves as the event’s project chairman, announced that organizers expanded the race

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Mark Villar, Principal Author of the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA), welcomed the law’s latest gains, saying it is now producing concrete results in the country’s fight against online financial crimes. One year after AFASA took effect, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported that the Philippine National Police (PNP) has

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro— The Mountaineering Federation of the Philippines Inc. (MFPI) has expressed strong opposition to a bid to introduce mining activities within the protected landscape of Mt. Guiting-Guiting Natural Park in Sibuyan Island, Romblon, warning that the project could threaten one of the country’s most important biodiversity hotspots. In a statement, the federation

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), in compliance with the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., on Friday completed the historic nationwide distribution of Patient Transport Vehicles (PTVs) to all 82 provinces of the country. The turnover of the final batch of units was held during a ceremony at the

MANILA, Philippines — Lawyer Benjamin Tolosa Jr., one of the private lawyers acting as counsel for the prosecution team in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, has confirmed that there are discussions about possible changes in how evidence will be presented before the court. In an online press briefing on Friday, Tolosa confirmed that the Senate

MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila is expected to experience gloomy skies and scattered rain showers on Monday, July 27, as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona), according to state weather bureau. According to a Friday weather report from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), the

Police are looking into brake failure as the possible cause of the van crash that killed one person and injured three others, employees of the Pag-ibig Fund, in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, before noon on Thursday, July 23.

Authorities seized hundreds of boxes of allegedly unauthorized luncheon meat products and arrested the manager of a Korean mart in Cebu City during an entrapment operation on Wednesday, July 22, for an alleged violation of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Act of 2009.

  SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has launched an investigation into the foul-smelling floating substance which resurfaced off abbeach resort here on Friday, July 24, days after the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) collected water samples from the area to determine its source. According to Coast Guard Commander Euphraim Jayson Diciano,

ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has suspended the voyages of all vessels and watercraft of 15 gross tons (GT) and below within the jurisdiction of Coast Guard Station Antique as Tropical Storm Kiyapo continues to affect weather conditions in the country. In Sea Travel Advisory No. 01 issued Friday afternoon, July 24,