Nation at a Glance — (11/29/17)
News stories from across the nation. Visit www.bworldonline.com (section: The Nation) to read more national and regional news from the Philippines.
Village bet killed in ambush
COTABATO CITY — A candidate for village chief in Kapatagan town, Lanao del Sur was killed in an ambush on Wednesday, five days short...
Samson Road station
Rehabilitation and maintenance activities are ongoing at the Philippine National Railway (PNR) Samson Road Station Platform for possible reopening.
Volunteer Encoders
VOLUNTEERS continue to encode election returns at the command center of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), the accredited citizens’ arm of the Commission on Elections, inside the University of Santo Tomas in Manila on Wednesday midnight.
RDC to replicate Iloilo Weekend Tienda in other parts of Western Visayas as 4th...
THE 4TH Weekend Tienda sa Iloilo -- a pop-up bazaar featuring local industries and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) -- opens today, Sept....
Marcos greenlights P23-billion TPLEx extension, Upper Wawa Dam project
THE PHILIPPINE government on Wednesday greenlighted an expressway extension project spanning the provinces of Tarlac, Pangasinan and La Union, which it said would boost...
Palace distances itself from envoy’s China rant
THE PHILIPPINE presidential palace on Tuesday distanced itself from its top envoy’s tirade against China, saying his views on the South China Sea dispute is his own.
Gov’t decided on nonrenewal of Miascor contract
THE GOVERNMENT has rejected the appeal of Miascor Groundhandling Corp. for the reinstatement of its contract in major airports after President Rodrigo R. Duterte...
Catholic Church steps up effort to stop charging of services
GUIDELINES are being set up for the gradual removal in the Catholic Church of the arancel system, or the Church “practice of giving stipends to priests for specific church services,” the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines said.
DFA instructs all PHL embassies to update contingency plans
THE DEPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has issued a directive to all embassies to update their contingency plans following heightened alert from the North...
DA reports bird flu in Pampanga town
By Victor V. Saulon, Sub-Editor
THE Department of Agriculture has ordered the culling of about 200,000 fowl in a town in Pampanga where cases of...
Location for starting point on Davao side of bridge to Samal still under study
AT LEAST three sites are now being considered for the starting point in Davao City of the planned bridge going to the Island Garden City of Samal.