United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the war in Gaza because it was not linked to an immediate release of hostages taken...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa is pushing to remove the P1-billion cap in the Bureau of Fire Protection's (BFP) utilization of revenues from the Fire Code of the Philippines. During the Senate plenary deliberations on the 2025 national budget, Dela Rosa said that the special provision on the...
Antonio Guterres, United Nations secretary-general, speaks during a plenary session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations and other international organizations are bracing for...
BUTUAN CITY – Police have arrested the second most wanted person in General Santos City who had been hiding in the past three years in General Luna town, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte province. Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Office (PPO) Director Police Col. Nilo T. Texon identified the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House of Representatives members are urging senators to take a close look at the merits of the Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) of the Department of Social Welfare and...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. reported a significant reduction in Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) forces, with insurgent fighters dropping to 1,111 from 2,200 last year, and their firearms cache reduced by about 1,000...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A vindication. That's how ranking congressmen described the Senate's decision to adopt the House of Representatives' move of slashing the Office of the Vice President (OVP)...
General Romeo Brawner Jr. (fourth from right), AFP chief of staff, and Lt. Gen. Arthur Cordura (fourth from left), AFP vice chief of staff, pose for a photo with 14 newly promoted generals and senior officers of the AFP in a doning of rank ceremony in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Nov. 5, 2024....
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (left) confers on Philippine Navy (PN) Seaman First Class Underwater Operator Jeffrey Facundo the Order of Lapu-Lapu Rank of Kampilan in a ceremony at the Western Command headquarters, Camp General Artemio Ricarte in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan on June 23, 2024,...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is looking to fix one of its aircraft which lost a front landing gear tire while transporting relief goods to typhoon-hit Batanes over the weekend. The subject aircraft, a Philippine Air Force (PAF) C-295 cargo plane, is “repairable”, AFP Chief, General...
Photo shows flooded areas in Naga City, Camarines Sur due to Severe Tropical Storm "Kristine" during an aerial survey conducted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Oct. 28, 2024. (Photo: AFP) Local government units (LGUs) were directed by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and...
Some senators on Friday, October 25 expressed plans to question key government agencies on their respective budget allocation for flood control projects. Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero disclosed his plan while noting how several areas in the country are still submerged in...
