The Philippines found an ally from the other side of the globe after Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė criticized China’s aggressive actions against Filipino fishermen in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), saying that small countries should work together to stand up against aggressors,...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. is open to the United States’ proposal to establish an ammunition production and storage facility in Subic Bay, a former American naval base. Teodoro, however, clarified that he has yet to receive the formal proposal from...
The Philippines forged a stronger partnership with Lithuania to counter “common threats”, particularly in the West Philippine Sea and Baltic Sea. Department of National Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. held a bilateral meeting with Lithuanian Minister for National Defense Dovilė...
To kickstart their transition, 650 members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) have undergone profiling to become eligible for socio-economic support through the Transformation Program jointly implemented by the national government and the MNLF. The first batch, composed of 480 MNLF...
BACOLOD CITY – A P12-billion tunnel connecting Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental to Tayasan town in Negros Oriental has been proposed to create a shorter route between the two provinces. Himamaylan City Mayor Raymund Tongson Jr. announced the plan after taking his oath for his third and final...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) expressed gratitude to President Marcos Jr. for leading the inauguration of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) “Valor Clinic” at Fernando Air Base in Lipa City, Batangas on Friday, June 27. Marcos was accompanied by Department of National...
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Police Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio Peñones Jr. assumed the top post of Police Regional Office-Central Luzon (PRO-3) in a ceremonial turnover of command here Monday, replacing Police Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo. In his inaugural address, Peñones laid down his leadership thrust,...
A dovish Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may be constrained by skyrocketing global oil prices, which would further weaken the peso and could force a pause from further interest rate cuts, foreign banks said. In a June 23 report, MUFG Global Markets Research said that if world oil prices rise...
Once a military general who pursued rebels in Mindanao with a gun, Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. is now on a different mission, convincing insurgents to lay down their arms and return to mainstream society using the power of words. Galvez – who heads the Office of the...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police Brig. Gen. Antonio P. Marallag Jr. remains Police Regional Office-2 after the turnover of command ceremony on Saturday, June 21, was cancelled by the Philippine National Police (PNP) national headquarters. Marallag was set to turn over...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. reaffirmed the Philippines’ strengthening tourism and connectivity with Japan during his visit to the Philippine Pavilion at the World Expo 2025 in Osaka on Friday, June 20. The Department of Tourism (DOT) reported that the pavilion had recorded 374,835 visitors...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli M. Remolona Jr. warned that rising global oil prices and the peso’s depreciation streak could push inflation above five percent, a level last seen nearly two years ago. “We do scenario analysis today [Friday] in which we focus on particular risks....
