The Philippine National Police (PNP) has identified a total of 357 areas that falls under the Red Category for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE), around 70 percent of them are located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Red Category is described as...
Philippine Navy (PN) and United States Navy (USN) vessels sail in formation during the sea phase of Exercise SAMA SAMA. (Photo courtesy of PN) Philippine Navy (PN) and United States Navy (USN) vessels sailed in formation to test their interoperability during the sea phase of Exercise "SAMA SAMA",...
Four universities in the Philippines have joined the esteemed 2024 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings in Asia for the first time, according to the results released on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Photo from Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings The Polytechnic University of the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Social Security System (SSS), Bureau of Customs (BOC), and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) signed a Memorandum of Agreement on Tuesday, November 7, in a hotel here for the social security coverage of job order and contractual personnel of these three offices who are not...
Two Filipinos from the West Bank left Jordan Wednesday as they were sent off by Philippine Ambassador in Amman Wilfredo Santos, who for a month has been encouraging Filipinos in the Palestinian territory to seek repatriation from the government. Two female Filipinos from the West Bank were the...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) The government needs faster vessels for its resupply missions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), House Deputy Majority Leader and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo said. Tulfo highlighted this gap during the...
Farm output declined in the third quarter due to weak performance in crops and fisheries, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The latest data from the PSA revealed that the value of production in agriculture and fisheries, adjusted for constant 2018 prices, decreased by 0.3 percent...
The number of unemployed Filipinos inched up in September while labor force participation declined, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Based on the latest Labor Force Survey, the unemployment rate rose to 4.5 percent or 2.26 million, up from 4.4 percent in August or 2.21 million...
KEEPING CLASSICAL MUSIC RELEVANT The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra is set to perform tributes to Russian composers (Photo Rodel Valiente) Celebrating the country’s cultural synergy with Russia, the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) performs works as a tribute to leading Russian...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Department of National Defense (DND) has told a House panel that the realigned confidential funds under the proposed national budget of 2024 would have a significant impact on...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the country’s the trade deficit narrowed in September as imports declined at a faster pace than exports. The balance of trade in goods in the country recorded a deficit of $3.511 billion in September, lower than the $4.131 billion gap...
Department of National Defense (DND) Seretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. delivers a speech during the unveiling of the newly rehabilitated runway of Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, Pampanga on nov. 6, 2023. (Photo by Philippine Air Force) The rehabilitation of the 2.8-kilometer runway at Basa Air Base in...
