The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be deploying around 800 policemen, including members of the elite Special Action Force (SAF), to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to serve as augmentation force for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE). Aside...
The local stock market fell at the start of the week as potential interest rate hikes continue to drag out investors’ sentiments. The main index dropped by 54.46 points or 0.86 percent closing at 6,088.44, with all sectoral indices in red, notably the Mining and Oil and Industrial sectors taking...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Monday, October 23, that they are keen on suspending the proclamation of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) candidates who are facing election-related charges. "Absolutely firm in suspending them," Garcia said in...
A five-day investigation on the collision of Chinese vessels with Philippine boats in Ayungin Shoal will be carried out by the Philippine Coast Guard. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. called a Command Conference on Oct. 23, 2023 with all security authorities to discuss the latest violation...
More senators on Monday, October 23, deplored the China Coast Guard's fresh acts of agression against the country resulting in its vessels hitting an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)-contracted resupply boat and a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship. "We deplore China's dangerous blocking...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has told China that it's latest action in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) "threatened regional peace and stability", among other things. "We, at the House of Representatives,...
More envoys spoke out against the incidents of collision between the China Coast Guard (CCG) and Philippine vessels in the disputed waters of the West Philippine Sea, and called on both countries to follow the 2016 arbitral ruling and a United Nations (UN) convention on maritime laws. BRP Cabra's...
The United States is standing by the Philippines on the collision incident between Philippine and Chinese vessels off Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea that occurred on Sunday, Oct. 22. “The United States stands with our Philippine allies in the face of the People’s Republic of...
The local market is forecasted to remain volatile throughout the week as analysts caution investors and traders on oil price pressures and tightening monetary policy. China Bank Capital Corporation Managing Director Juan Paolo Colet said the “increasing US Treasury yields and the volatile...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro, Flag of China (Rep. Castro's office, Unsplash) ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro has underscored the need for "Immediate action" from President Marcos in order to stop regional power China's "bullying" in...
MASK ON Bacolod City celebrates MassKara Festival every October (Photo courtesy of Bacolod City PIO) Bacolodnons enjoyed an unforgettable night of music as the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) serenaded them live in the concert “PPO sa Masskaara on Oct. 18 at SM City Bacolod Atrium in...
Ambassadors from several countries expressed their concern and alarm over the collision incident between a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel and Philippine vessels in the disputed West Philippine Sea as they backed the Philippines’ position of upholding maritime order based on a United Nations (UN)...
