Image of Fiesta Resort Casino Poro Point in Poro Point

While going up the steps of the Poro Point lighthouse, former Mayor Mary Jane Ortega of San Fernando City in La Union was loudly saying, “Oro. Plata. Mata.” (Gold. Silver. Death.). It is an old Spanish superstition that if one’s last step falls on either gold, silver or death, it will mean the fate of the house or its occupants.

Residents were treated to a spectacle of lights at Poro Point on Saturday night, with about 250 boats and rafts lit in different colors floating near the shore, 600 sky lanterns meeting up with them and ending with a fireworks display.

State-owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) turned P3.54 billion to the treasury bureau as part of its share in the gaming agency's earning in the first-three months of the year, surpassing its P2.54-billion remittance in the same period last year.Data from the Bureau of Treasury showed that Pagcor's remittance in January to March of the year was more than 39 percent, or P1 ...

‘One barometer for prospective foreign investors of the Aquino administration’s success—or failure—in giving adequate or reasonable support to its private partners in accordance with their respective lease agreements could well be how it ends its quarrel with CJHDevco.’

For 500 children, it was a day for make-believe.

The Department of National Defense (DND) is allotting almost P250 million worth of diesel and oil lubricants for the Philippine Navy (PN) warship BRP Gregorio del Pilar.

Government’s plan to privatize the century-old Kennon Road may result in high toll, which no Baguio and Benguet resident living along the zigzag road could afford, local officials said.