IT’S now official. The barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections have been postponed to May next year. President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law on Tuesday Republic Act 10953 postponing the barangay and SK elections to the…
BELIEVING that it would do more harm to the workers than it would do good, the Associated Labor Union-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) is opposing the proposed legislation to impose a four-day compressed workweek for…
MANILA — May was a record month for reported new cases of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with 1,098, the highest number recorded in a month since 1984, the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday. Based on…
ONE city and 22 municipalities in Cebu province can benefit from the 2017 Investment Priorities Plan, which aims to encourage investments in inclusive business by offering enhanced incentives. This developed after the Board of Investments (BOI)…
The monthlong conflict in Marawi may be finished in a week or two, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday. In a radio interview over dzRH, the defense official admitted that there has been a “bit of…
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday saw the need for the reopening of the Senate probe on the killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. to find out why the murder charges against the…
Manila — The Department of Finance sees inflation slightly easing to 3.2 percent year-on-year in May on the back of lower prices of food items such as vegetables. In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez…
SINCE they failed to see the crescent moon last night, Muslims in Cebu will formally start the month-long observance of Ramadan tomorrow (May 27). Malo Manonggiring, director of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos in Central Visayas…
To stop terrorists from sowing violence in other parts of the country, President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed his intent to declare martial law, not just in Mindanao, but throughout the entire country. In a press conference upon…
May is National Heritage Month but is more popularly associated with fiestas everywhere from big towns to the barangays. The fiesta culture is part of our heritage, but the focus is more on the food and hardly…
As the Duterte administration pivots to neighboring economic giants such as China and Japan that offer financing for infrastructure projects, the share of foreign borrowings may exceed the government’s medium-term program and reach 30 percent of the…
CEBU City residents may soon be able to hail motorcyles-for-hire or habal-habal drivers through their cell phones. Despite a warning from an official of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), the Cebu City government is…
