2 workers die of suffocation in Zamboanga City fuel station storage tank
COTABATO CITY—Two laborers on Wednesday died of suffocation inside a petroleum storage tank in a fuel retail station in Zamboanga City.
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BARMM health ministry bouncing back from serious operation hitches
COTABATO CITY — Local executives and peace advocacy blocs on Wednesday pledged support for the revitalized Bangsamoro health ministry, saddled with technical and administrative challenges that stymied its operation in the past years.
1 dead, 2 hurt in Abra riverside gun attack
BAGUIO CITY — Authorities are hunting down gunmen who used automatic rifles, fired at a group of men on Tuesday evening, killing a villager and hurting two more beside a river in Sitio Burobor, Barangay Bangcagan, Bucay town in Abra.
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Chavit Singson fires staff for alleged mistreatment of lion during photo op
MANILA, Philippines — Former Ilocos Sur Gov. Chavit Singson revealed that he immediately fired the employee who went viral after allegedly kicking his white lion named King in his Baluarte Resort and Mini Zoo in Ilocos Sur.
P6.8 worth of shabu seized in Cotabato City PDEA operation
COTABATO CITY — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency seized P6.8 million worth of shabu from two dealers entrapped along a busy thoroughfare in an uptown area in Cotabato City on Tuesday.
New mpox patient visited Quezon City spa, derma; 41 contacts identified
MANILA, Philippines – The local government of Quezon City activated on Wednesday, August 21, its health response protocol after finding that the country’s new mpox case visited a spa in the city and four days later, a dermatologist’s clinic.
Investors bullish on hospitality industry
MAJOR players in the Philippine hospitality industry remain optimistic despite challenges in recovering to pre-pandemic levels. This was revealed in the first Philippine Hotel Investment Outlook Survey, an initiative of Leechiu Property Consultants (LPC) and the Philippine Hotel Owners Association Inc. (PHOA).