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Spending exemption petitions of Cebu, Bohol, Nueva Ecija denied

ILOILO CITY -- A basic reading program (BRP) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been launched for selected early grade learners in Western Visayas region by non-profit RTI International and the Department of Education (DepEd). Ryan Washburn, USAID Phil

NEW BATCH. A new batch of the Balik Probiinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa Program beneficiaries fills up registration forms upon arriving at the BP2 depot in Quezon City on Wednesday (March 23, 2022). A total of seven families or 26 individuals will be able to return home to Mindanao through the program. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald Alfiler) MANILA - Additional seven families consisting of 26 individuals are set to start a new life in their home provinces in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) through the government&#...

Davao City—Two road projects that are vital to the agricultural sector of Mindanao are nearing completion. Costing P1.634 billion, these projects are seen to provide alternate and faster routes across provinces and cities and to make marketing life easier for poor farmers in the region. The road projects are the…

The Bangsamoro region, Caraga and Soccsksargen (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos) are being monitored for election hot spots and politicians who might use armed groups to influence the results of the May 9 elections, the Philippine National Police said yesterday.

The public safety officer of the city government here was killed while his police escort was wounded in a gun attack yesterday.

Cotabato City Public Safety Officer retired police Colonel Rolen Balquin (File photo courtesy of DXMS Cotabato) COTABATO CITY - Gunmen shot and killed a city official and wounded his police escort on Saturday morning along Sinsuat Avenue here. Police identified the slain victim as retried police Colonel Rolen Balquin, the city public safety office chief, and the wounded escort as Chief Master Sgt. Arial Gutang, 47, of the local police force. Initial police investigation showed that Balquin was a...

The transition to self-rule in the Bangsamoro, the majority-Muslim region in the southern Philippines, is proceeding apace. Militants outside the associated peace process are losing strength but could recover. Regional and national authorities should do all in their power to keep that from happening.

Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, March 17, promised Zamboangueños that she would personally address the power interruption problems in the region. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) “Ang akin pong pangako, ako mismo ang tututok para masolusyunan i

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Japan recently launched five new water systems that will provide safe and clean water to more than 3,000 households in Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao and a Bangsamoro Special Geographic Area in Cotabato. Under the ILO-Japan Water and Sanitation Project, community members, indigenous peoples and…