ILOILO: The city health office (CHO) has vaccinated 1,200 children here as the outbreak response immunization (ORI) continues to stop the possible spread of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough.

‘Currently, we conduct selective immunization be…

11 Apr. – ‘Pimpattra’ orders the Tak Province Industry Department to rush the company to make a plan to move cadmium waste to a landfill in Tak Province by 13 April, along with sending officials to inspect the engineering structure of the landfill. Re…

BANGKOK: “Pol. Gen. Kitirat” Police Commander-in-Chief is not worried about cadmium residue affecting Songkran tourism. Confirmed strict legal action if government officials are found involved. The Customs Department admits that it is difficult to ins…

CALASIAO: Inflation rate in the Ilocos Region accelerated to 2.2 percent last March from month-ago’s 2 percent due largely to faster upticks in the prices of housing, water, and electricity, gas and other fuels.

In a virtual forum on Thursday, Philip…

MANILA: A magnitude 5.1 earthquake jolted Davao de Oro on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported.

The tectonic quake struck 1 km. southeast of the municipality of New Bataan, at a depth of 8 km., at 11:33…