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- SunStar Philippines·davaoDavao City bags highest nutrition implementation award
Davao City receives the CROWN Award and Aguila Award from the NNC for sustained excellence in local nutrition programs.
- SunStar Philippines·davaoDavao Oriental rep pushes Mati airport dev’t
Davao Oriental Rep. Cheeno Almario collaborates with DOTr and CAAP to process ₱700M for the Mati Airport project.
- SunStar Philippines·davaoDavao del Sur implements P1.06-B infra projects from Jan-Sept 2026
Davao del Sur implements ₱1.064B in infrastructure projects under Gov. Cagas, with 66% completed as of September 2026.
- SunStar Philippines·cebuGang 'seeks' Cebu minors
- SunStar Philippines·Capitol seeks P14B budget for 2027
- The Manila Times·metro manilaFormer solon Raul Daza dies at 91
MANILA, Philippines — Lawyer, accountant and former politician Raul Aguila Daza has died, his family announced in a social media post on Thursday. He was 91. Daza spent more than five decades in public service, serving seven terms as a congressman and three terms as governor of Northern Samar. He also served as d
- SunStar Philippines·Councilor denies role in waste project proposal
- The Manila Times·metro manilaHigh chance of Friday rains in Visayas, Mindanao, Palawan, Bicol
MANILA, Philippines — The chance of rains on Friday was high in the Visayas, Mindanao, Palawan, and Bicol, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). Pagasa Weather Specialist Loriedin de la Cruz-Galicia said in the 5 p.m. weather update that the Intertropical
- SunStar Philippines·Labor: P42 hike not enough
- SunStar Philippines·Vida: Asean must fight trafficking
- SunStar Philippines·‘Don’t leave kids, seek help’
- The Manila Times·metro manilaYoung Filipino student receives high commendations at John Locke Institute Global Essay Prize
MANILA, Philippines — Amanda Katherine “Andy” Chua, a Grade 11 student at Everest International Academy in Manila, has received High Commendations in both Law and Politics at the 2026 John Locke Institute Global Essay Prize. Chua's two essays were shortlisted in July from more than 10,000 entries subm
- The Manila Times·metro manilaGlobe leads NTC test, boosts mobile connectivity
MANILA, Philippines — Globe Telecom broadened its network infrastructure and ventured into satellite direct-to-cell technology to boost mobile connectivity, after the latest National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) tests showed it was posting a 99.41 percent SMS (short message service) success rate in Metro M
- The Manila Times·metro manilaUP students evacuated over online threat
MANILA, Philippines — Students and faculty at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman in Quezon City were evacuated Thursday afternoon after an alleged online threat targeting the Palma and Malcolm Hall areas circulated online. According to the Quezon City Police District (QCPD), someone received a message
- The Manila Times·metro manilaVP Sara ‘replacement’ not being discussed — Palace
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Thursday said there has been no discussion on the possible replacement of Vice President Sara Duterte amid reports that House Speaker Bojie Dy was being eyed to succeed her. "We cannot anticipate. We cannot speculate because the defense [panel] has yet to present their e
- The Manila Times·metro manilaMindanao politician linked to drug shipment seized in Laos — PDEA
MANILA, Philippines — A politician in Mindanao was tagged by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) as the financier of the chartered plane that carried 521 kilograms of suspected shabu worth P3.54 billion seized in Laos. PDEA spokesman Joseph Frederick Calulut however declined to identify the politician.
- The Manila Times·‘Filipinos are family, not just foreign workers in CNMI’
SAIPAN, Northern Marianas — Independent gubernatorial candidate Blas Jonathan “BJ” Attao paid tribute to generations of Filipinos who helped build Saipan's infrastructure and cared for local families, saying their contributions to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands go far beyond their st
- The Manila Times·metro manilaFake passport stamp exposes suspected trafficking scheme at NAIA
MANILA, Philippines — A suspected attempt to smuggle a passenger past immigration inspection using a fake passport stamp has triggered a probe to determine the existence of a human trafficking scheme targeting Filipinos searching for jobs abroad, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Thursday. BI officers intercept
- The Manila Times·metro manilaLacson vows ‘more crying’ as Senate scrutinizes 2027 budget
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate may restore hundreds of billions of pesos in budget cuts and realignments made by the House of Representatives in the proposed P7.2 trillion national budget for 2027, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said, warning that there will be more crying as senators scrutinize changes
- The Manila Times·metro manilaLacson: P11M left for VP Sara impeachment trial more than enough
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate has P11 million remaining budget for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, more than enough to cover the proceedings, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said Thursday. Lacson said slightly more than P14 million had been spent from the P25.7 million continuing a
- The Manila Times·metro manila63% of Filipinos say VP impeachment trial wastes public funds — survey
MANILA, Philippines — Nearly two-thirds of Filipino voters consider the time and public resources devoted to Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial an unreasonable use of government funds, even as more respondents expect her to be convicted, a Pahayag survey showed. The survey conducted by PUBLiCUS
- The Manila Times·metro manilaP44.9B spent on development projects in 5,638 insurgency-hit villages
MANILA, Philippines — The government has invested P44.90 billion in development projects in 5,638 villages (barangay) formerly affected by communist insurgency from 2021 to 2026, with more than 16 million Filipinos reported to have benefited from the program, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed C
- The Manila Times·metro manilaNearly half of Filipinos want government to pay system loss costs — survey
MANILA, Philippines — Nearly half of Filipino adults want the government to shoulder electricity system loss charges that are presently being shouldered by consumers, a survey by Momentum Research showed. System loss refers to electricity generated or purchased that is lost before reaching end-users. These losses
- The Freeman·cebuHow to stand against a bully!
One day, years ago, the message contained in the lyrics of a Bee Gees’ song pinned me to an embarrassing corner. “I started a joke which started the whole world crying. But I didn't see that the joke was on me”