A sap-sucking pest has damaged more than 10,000 hectares of sugarcane and hit 9,491 farmers in 27 towns. Read more »
Tabuk City’s African swine fever task force wants a calamity declaration and a 30-day ban on incoming pork, as 1,451 hogs are already affected. Read more »
Open Pulitiklan.com and the country turns into a field of colored dots. Each one is a province or city, and each opens into a list of surnames and the relatives in public office who share them. “Kapag ang public office, family business,” the site says under its logo. Read more »
The Catholic Diocese of Kalibo has restated its opposition to gambling on Boracay, calling on provincial and municipal officials to weigh the welfare of families above the revenue a newly opened hotel-casino on the island may bring. Read more »
Nueva Vizcaya is looking to expand its ecotourism offerings by turning greater attention to one of its natural assets: its birdlife. Read more »
The Sangguniang Panlungsod has declared a state of calamity here as severe water shortages continue to affect thousands of households amid a prolonged dry spell. Read more »
