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SINGAPORE (AP) — American allies stressed the need for unity at a top defense conference Sunday, saying that as threats increasingly transcend regions cooperation is more important than ever, even as Washington has become more critical of its traditional friends. U.S. President Donald Trump has...
The Philippines and Japan have moved closer to a landmark defense equipment deal that could see retired Japanese warships and a patrol aircraft transferred to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). This as the Philippine government pressed ahead with efforts to expand security ties with...
The United States plans to transfer a Coast Guard cutter to the Philippines to bolster the latter’s maritime security amid ongoing tensions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the vessel transfer following a high-level bilateral meeting with Department of...
The Philippines and New Zealand are moving to accelerate defense cooperation as both countries push for the ratification of a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA), while Manila advances a broader concept that would position the country as a venue for strategic convergence among like-minded...
BAGUIO CITY – The capital town of the province of Benguet will return to a five-day work week effective June 1 to provide better services to the public while still observing energy- and cost-saving efforts. Mayor Roderick Awingan issued Memorandum 178-2026 on May 25, a copy of which was released...
I have been fortunate to become part of the De La Salle University (DLSU) Literature Department both as a student under the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program and later as a member of the faculty teaching Creative Writing and other literature subjects. As a student, I had the...
The trough or extension of a tropical storm outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) and the prevailing southwesterly wind flow continued to bring rains over large parts of the Visayas, Mindanao, and Palawan on Thursday, May 28, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and...
West zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. has begun partially operating its new raw water reservoir at La Mesa water treatment plant (WTP) in Quezon City, allowing the facility to store up to 67 million liters of raw water to help stabilize supply during the dry season. In a statement...
BACOLOD CITY – Slain Police Master Sgt. Davy Carampatana was laid to rest in a public cemetery in his hometown in Isabela, Negros Occidental on Sunday, May 24. The La Castellana Municipal Police Station in Negros Occidental headed by Police Major Romulo Gepilango V, police chief, gave full honors...
Engineering and housing firm Megawide Construction Corp. posted a 26-percent jump in consolidated net income to ₱265 million in the first quarter of 2026 as its construction business remained strong amid the onset of the Middle East crisis. The firm reported to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)...
Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon has relieved two officials of the DPWH-Cordillera after a 13-year-old boy recently plunged to his death due to the lack of road safety signages and traffic control devices on a deserted collapsed road in Barangay Beckel, La Trinidad,...
