The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday asked the Department of Agriculture for assistance in preventing a possible avian flu outbreak in the province of Albay.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has ordered all wage boards across the country to look into the need to increase the salaries of workers amid soaring oil prices.

The Philippines joined other countries in adopting the historic resolution to end plastic pollution at the resumed session of the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) in Nairobi from Feb. 28 to March 2.

A total of 51,202 female passengers were given free rides aboard the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) and the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) on Tuesday in celebration of National Women’s Day.

Anti-narcotics operatives confiscated a total of PHP1.57 billion worth of shabu in the first eight days of March alone. In a press briefing late Tuesday, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Wilkins Villanueva said the amount includes the PHP1.088 billion worth of shabu from a Chinese national and his Filipino cohort in a buy-bust in Valenzuela City on Tuesday afternoon.

Malacañang has directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct a thorough investigation on the disappearance of 31 “sabungeros” (cockfighting enthusiasts).

The Philippine Consulate General in New York has welcomed the new measures that would protect Filipinos and other domestic workers living and working in New York City.

The Philippines and Israel are partnering to further boost the country's dairy sector. In a signing ceremony on March 2, Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar and Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss signed a joint declaration that would jumpstart technical and economic partnerships between Filipino stakeholders and Israeli agri-food industry players.