Local News

23 Calabarzon students get BFAR college scholarships

IMUS CITY, Cavite --Twenty-three students from various educational institutions in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas and Quezon provinces have qualified for the four-year Fisheries Scholarship Program (FSP) for their collegiate course under the...

BI: Order vs. Aussie nun an ‘implementation of law’

MANILA -- The order against Sister Patricia Fox to leave the country is not an attack against the faithful but a simple implementation of the law, the Bureau of Immigration (BI)...

Stoppage order up vs. all ongoing Boracay construction works

BORACAY — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Thursday said it will issue a work stoppage order against all ongoing construction works in Boracay, amid the rehabilitation efforts...

2017 Bar topnotcher: ‘Avoiding jobs abroad brought me to law school’

MANILA -- The attempt to avoid the temptation of hunting for jobs abroad prompted 30-year-old John Mark Simondo to pursue a law degree, only to find out later that this decision...

No TRO yet vs. Boracay closure: SC

MANILA -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday said it has not issued any temporary restraining order to stop the closure of Boracay. SC spokesperson Theodore Te made the clarification a day...

Solons, mayor hurt as wooden footbridge collapses in Zamboanga City

MANILA -- Two lawmakers and a local executive fell into a creek after the collapse of a wooden footbridge leading to housing on stilts at Barangay Rio Hondo in Zamboanga City...

Popular