LGUs
QC, DSWD sign pact to build houses for PWDs
Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista and Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo recently signed a joint memorandum of understanding for the...
19th pawikan nest found in Davao’s cleanergy park
The Aboitiz Cleanergy Park welcomed the 19th critically endangered hawksbill turtle or pawikan nest on its property since 2014, and...
Aussies vow sustained Mindanao aid
DAVAO CITY -- Over the years, Mindanao “has been one of the priorities of our development cooperation in the Philippines,”...
Vizcaya structures ‘national treasures’
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya—The National Museum has declared two timeworn structures in the province as National Cultural properties of the country....
Academe lauds TRO on RCOA
Towards the end of 2016, hundreds of power customers aired their grievances over what they saw as unreasonable and unrealistic...
Makati preps for big quake
The city government of Makati is preparing a revised contingency plan with community leaders and residents following reports that four...
Estrada flaunts school projects
Saying he values education “more than anything else,” Manila Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada has gifted public students in the city...
Navotas anti-drug program launched
The local government of Navotas recently launched the Mamamayang Ayaw sa Anomalya, Mamamayang Ayaw sa Iligal na Droga or MASA-MASID, a...
Ceza gives back on 22nd year
SANTA ANA, Cagayan—A series of humanitarian activities filled this year’s 22nd founding anniversary celebration of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority,...
Employee at Clark cited for honesty
CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga—An employee of a moneychanger operating inside Clark International Airport showed he takes honesty very seriously by surrendering...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.