ALAMINOS CITY, PANGASINAN, Philippines — The city government has approved higher rental rates for motorboats ferrying tourists to the Hundred Islands National Park and other attractions, citing rising fuel costs, increasing prices of basic commodities, and appeals from boat owners, operators, and boatmen. City Ordinance No. 09-2026, enacted on May 5, authorized the increase and

BORONGAN CITY, EASTERN SAMAR, Philippines — Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Charles John Brown is set to visit Eastern Samar tomorrow for the blessing and inauguration of a new multipurpose building of the Diocese of Borongan that will serve as a retirement home for priests, evacuation center, museum, and venue for church activities and

LINGAYEN, PANGASINAN, Philippines — A total of P2.4 million worth of shabu was confiscated from two top wanted persons and a cohort during separate anti-illegal drugs operations in Pangasinan on Monday. The police report showed that the police operation was conducted in Urdaneta City where a high value individual identified as alias “JL” was arrested.

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Residents of Barangay Tamlang in Escalante City, Negros Occidental, who evacuated following an encounter between soldiers and New People’s Army guerrillas, returned home on Tuesday, June 2. A total of 150 families, comprising 554 individuals, who had evacuated to the Tamlang Elementary School, decamped and returned home, 1st Lt.