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Surigao firm to plant 6-m trees in 5 towns
Marcventures Mining and Development Corp. has signed a memorandum of agreement to plant six-million trees with the mayors of Carrascal,...
Manila ‘mammo’ machine installed
Manila Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada has boosted the city’s capability to fight breast cancer through the installation of a P20-million...
Crowds flock to Rotary ‘Araw ng Kabataan’ festival
ABOUT 10,000 students, parents, school officials and spectators took part in the 23rd Alay ng Rotary sa Araw ng Kabataan...
Ombudsman axes village chief, teacher
DAVAO CITY—The Ombudsman in Mindanao has dismissed a barangay official and public school teacher after being proven guilty of molesting...
Groups press DENR to penalize coal plant
The Philippine Movement for Climate Justice, the largest climate justice group in the country, trooped to the Department of Environment...
Last Sunday of May is QC Bicycle Day
Quezon City has declared the last Sunday of May as Bicycle Day. As provided under City Ordinance 2551-2016, Quezon City...
Makati raises cash gift by P1k for 75k seniors
Makati City Mayor Abigail Binay on Tuesday ordered the distribution of P500 as additional yearend cash gift for 2016 to...
Region 12 tourism boosted thru ‘Sox’
Tourist destinations in Mindanao got another boost with the two-week staging of the “Treasures of Sox” or Region 12, also...
Film paints Manila as the ‘City of Love’
In a bid to reintroduce Manila as a romantic dating site, the Manila Tourism and Cultural Affairs Bureau tries to...
Caloocan parties for year 55 as city
Caloocan will celebrate its 55th Cityhood Anniversary on Feb. 16, a non-working holiday for the city. Month-long festivities are lined...
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.