The police cautioned rice retailers who will violate the rice price ceiling set by the government, a ranking regional police official said Thursday. Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, Central Visayas Police Regional Office spokesperson, said the PNP regional…

A senator on Thursday said higher payment for registering a fourth subscriber identity module (SIM) card can prevent the proliferation of text scammers. Senator Francis Tolentino said criminals tend to buy 50 to 100 SIM cards to use different phone nu…

Most of the members of two farmers’ associations in Iloilo support the price cap on regular and well-milled rice mandated by Executive Order (EO) 39. Ireneo Sampani, president of the Inaca Integrated Farmers Association based in Cabatuan town, said ei…

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here Thursday said it is setting up a polling precinct inside the Baguio City Jail to allow persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) to exercise their right of suffrage in the coming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Ele…

The mayor of Candon City in Ilocos Norte on Thursday said animal traders and meat capitalists operating in their city are now required to register and be accredited by the City Veterinary Office and City Business Permits and Licensing Office to ensure…

Ten units of solar-powered irrigation systems were turned over by the city government to farmers’ associations across this city on Thursday to help them harness the power of the sun to irrigate their farmlands. City agriculturist Sheila Marie Opelac s…

Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Undersecretary Gregorio Catapang Jr. on Thursday appealed to senators to help strengthen the implementation of Republic Act (RA) 10575 or the Bureau of Corrections Act of 2013 and RA 11928 or the Separate…

The province of Pangasinan was left with PHP55.5 million worth of damage to infrastructure after the onslaught of two typhoons and the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat,” the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said….