US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE/CC BY 2.0/WIKIMEDIA COMMONSTHE Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday that it imposed a temporary ban on imports of poultry and its by products from the US state of Michigan.In Memorandum Order No. 24, it said that an outbreak of Highly

PHILIPPINE STAR/KJ ROSALESBy Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, ReporterPHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. asked the armed forces to prepare as his country faces growing risks from tensions in the Indo-Pacific region including China’s aggression in the Taiwan Strait.The Philippines’ proximity to Taiwan puts it in

BW FILE PHOTOBy Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio andJohn Victor D. Ordoñez, ReporterMEMBERS of the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives filed on Tuesday a bill seeking to ban Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) in the country even as Senator Mary Grace N. Poe-Llamanzares called

THE PHILIPPINES should be among the first countries to help rebuild Ukraine by sending Filipino engineers, construction workers, doctors, and teachers once its war with Russia comes to an end, a congressman said on Tuesday.“Ukraine can be a strong ally of the Philippines when we

BW FILE PHOTOBy Aaron Michael C. Sy,ReporterLAND BANK of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has extended a P10-billion rediscounting line to the Philippine Army Finance Center Producers Integrated Cooperative (PAFCPIC) and its members serving in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).This was an expansion from the

PHILIPPINE STAR/MIGUEL DE GUZMANTRANSPORT group PISTON (Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide) staged a protest outside the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday to demand justice for the plight of jeepney drivers and operators who are losing their livelihood due to the government’s

THE GOVERNMENT of Japan has approved a grant of $5.5 million to the United Nations Refugee Agency to digitalize and improve access to birth registration services for former combatants and indigenous people in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).During the ceremonial exchange of

STOCK PHOTO | Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from PixabayCOTABATO CITY — Police arrested the half-brother of a lady state prosecutor hours after she was gunned down in Barangay Aplaya, Digos City in the Southern Philippines on Monday afternoon.Lt. Col. Florante S. Retes, Digos

THE ONGOING study on increasing government workers’ salaries will be completed by the end of June, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced on Tuesday.“The Compensation and Benefits Study on the possible salary adjustment for government workers is ongoing,” the DBM said in statement.

BW FILE PHOTOTHE PHILIPPINE Business for Education (PBEd) has called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to promptly establish the Teacher Education Council (TEC) to enhance teaching quality in the country.“It has been two years since the law was signed and a year since implementing