EDITORIAL — Kontra Bigay 2.0
With the election campaign officially starting this coming week, the Commission on Elections has launched anew its drive against the buy and sell of votes.
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Filipinos in Europe warned on stricter border control
THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Thursday alerted Filipinos in Europe on the implementation of more stringent border control in the Schengen Area.
H&E Rentals Reports Quarterly Cash Dividend
BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — H&E Equipment Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: HEES) («H&E”, the „Company”, d/b/a “H&E Rentals») announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on February 7, 2025, to be paid to its stockholders. The Company announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.275 per share of common stock to be paid on February 24, 2025, for stockholders of record as of the close of business on February 18, 2025.
DMW to support kin of missing seafarer
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has assured the family of a Filipino seafarer who has been missing for two months of all necessary assistance and support.
CCG ship spotted anew off Zambales coast
MANILA, Philippines — A China Coast Guard (CCG) patrol ship was spotted anew sailing within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), over a hundred nautical miles off the coast of Zambales, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported.
US Marine, three contractors identified as victims of Military plane crash in Philippines that killed 4
A US Marine and three defence contractors have been identified as the four personnel killed in a military plane crash in the southern Philippines on Thursday. The US-contracted Beechcraft Super King Air B300 went down in Maguindanao del Sur province while conducting a surveillance mission at the request of Philippine authorities, according to the US Indo-Pacific Command. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.As per the news agency AP, the aircraft went down in a rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, near the town of Ampatuan. Local authorities stated that residents saw smoke and heard an explosion before the plane crashed, landing about half a mile from a cluster of farmhouses. No civilians were reported injured, though a water buffalo on the ground was killed.According to the news agency AFP, the crashed aircraft was identified as a Beechcraft Super King Air B300 with the tail nu
Student dies from accidental fall from school building
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — A 13-year-old high school student died from an accidental fall from the fourth floor of a school building in Kidapawan City on Friday morning, February 7.
PDEA agents destroy Sarangani marijuana farm
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Anti-narcotics agents uprooted and set on fire 11,043 marijuana shrubs in an operation in Barangay Blaan in Malungon, Sarangani on Thursday, February 6.