CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Pamela “Pam” Baricuatro wants to reshape public transport in Metro Cebu. She described the program as the “country’s first provincially driven public transport program aimed at delivering safer, more reliable, and commuter-centered bus services.” Dubbed “Tabang Pambyahe,” the initiative will use a P20-million subsidy from the Department of Transportation

CABANATUAN CITY — Farmers’ groups and civil society organizations in Central Luzon launched the Save the Rice Granary Movement (SRGM) on Friday and called for a two-year moratorium on land conversion permits, warning that the continued loss of agricultural lands is worsening the country’s food security crisis. The movement was launched at the Nueva Ecija

LUCENA CITY — A 44-year-old street vendor was shot and killed by a motorcycle-riding gunman in Cabuyao City, Laguna, on Friday night. In a report released Saturday, the Police Regional Office 4A said the victim, identified only as “Sammy,” was in a tricycle with his live-in partner prior to the incident in Barangay Banay-Banay at