P5-B boost set to bring free internet to more public schools, SUCs
TACLOBAN CITY — Public elementary and high schools, along with state universities and colleges (SUCs), are set to become major hubs of free, password-free internet access as Congress earmarked an additional P5 billion to...
PBBM okays P7.3-billion additional funds for teachers’ and non-teaching personnel’s Service Recognition Incentive
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has approved the release of an additional PhP7.372 billion to cover the remaining funding requirements for the 2025 Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) of qualified teachers and non-teaching personnel nationwide.
In...
Teacher killed after scrap-laden truck topples onto car in Baybay City
ORMOC CITY — A 42-year-old public school teacher was killed in the early hours of Thursday after a heavily loaded truck turned sideways and crushed her subcompact car along the national highway in Barangay...
Baybay City’s number 2 most wanted drug suspect arrested by cops
ORMOC CITY — Police authorities arrested Baybay City’s No. 2 most wanted person for illegal drugs on Monday afternoon, January 26, in Barangay Cogon, Baybay City.
The suspect was identified as Elgin Francis Rosillo, also...
BFAR-8 leads anti-illegal fishing assessment, planning in Biliran
TACLOBAN CITY — Efforts to curb illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUUF) in Biliran province gained momentum as the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Eastern Visayas (BFAR-8) conducted a three-day assessment and...
Expedite implementation of vital infrastructure projects-PBBM
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday directed government agencies to expedite the implementation of key infrastructure projects to boost the economy as part of ongoing reform measures.
President Marcos issued the order while presiding...