MANILA – The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is fast-tracking the release of loan refunds under its “Balik Ginhawa” program, with approved applications credited to members within three working days. GSIS Executive Vice President Joseph Philip Andres said in an interview on Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon on Friday that the streamlined processing is part of efforts to

MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered former and incumbent ranking officials of the University of the Philippines (UP) to reply to the criminal and administrative complaints against them over the development of two commercial buildings in the Diliman campus that displaced several vendors. The move by the Ombudsman was welcomed by

MANILA, Philippines — Supporters of Vice President Sara Duterte filed with the Supreme Court on Friday a third petition challenging the ongoing impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives. Fourteen individuals, including former Commission on Education (CHEd) Commissioner Ronald Adamat, filed their motion to intervene on Friday to assail what they claimed to be a

MANILA, Philippines — Three Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) cadets were arrested for allegedly hazing over 20 underclassmen, the law enforcement agency said on Friday. The police said the incident took place at the academy’s barracks in Camp General Mariano Castañeda in Silang, Cavite, early morning on April 3. The supposed hazing activity was discovered

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) has asked the House of Representatives for an P8-billion supplemental budget to buy additional fuel as the government shores up its energy reserves, while also proposing a phased approach to building the country’s stockpile. The state-owned energy company urged lawmakers to approve its additional corporate operating

MANILA, Philippines — Both foreign and local pharmaceutical companies have pledged not to increase the prices of medicine amid the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, but only until June, when they are expected to order new stocks, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said on Friday. Herbosa said drug makers made the commitment during a meeting

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CITY OF CALAPAN — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Wednesday launched a nationwide registration program for salt workers, or “asinderos,” alongside the celebration of the first-ever Asin Harvest Festival in Magsaysay town, Occidental Mindoro. Dubbed “Asindero, Rehistrado!”, the initiative aims to document and profile salt farmers across the country to guide

DAVAO CITY — The Army command in Bukidnon on Thursday declared a combat breakthrough — one of many it needed — in an effort to wipe out the presence of communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels along the province’s border with Agusan del Sur. This came after a special team entered a once-forward camp of

BACOLOD CITY — A slain police officer here was hailed as a hero after he was killed in the line of duty during an anti-illegal drugs operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport on Thursday night. Mayor Greg Gasataya said Master Sgt. Romulo Galvez, a highly decorated member of Police Station 9’s Drug Enforcement Team, died while conducting