By ANALOU DE VERA The Department of Health yesterday announced that 380 more persons have contracted COVID-19, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country  to 15,049. Based on the latest case bulletin, the DoH also reported 18 additional fatalities among COVID-19 patients, bringing the death toll to 904. The Health department also […]

President Duterte has transferred and nominated Aaron Aquino from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to head the Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC), Malacañang confirmed yesterday. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea confirmed this through text after it was announced that Wilkins Villanueva was named as the new PDEA director-general last Tuesday. “Appointed as Member, Board of […]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A university professor was shot to death Tuesday by motorcycle-riding gunmen while driving his car along the national highway in Barangay Apopong, this city. Col. Aden Lagradante, city police director, said Abdulgafor Taha, 54, an Islamic studies professor at the Mindanao State University (MSU) here, and his wife, Salima, were on […]

Employers should inform and get the consent of workers before implementing any wage adjustment schemes amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Senator Joel Villanueva stressed on Wednesday. Villanueva called on the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) to keep a close watch on employers who have resorted to scale down on wages and benefits after the pandemic […]