Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is more optimistic than ever on the conduct of joint maritime patrols in the West Philippine...
A wood stove was all we had in grandma’s kitchen. To keep it going, my young cousins and I had to scour the neighborhood for fuel. Grandpa’s shop, which built bus and jeepney bodies, was a gold mine. Buses had wood body frames. Jeepneys sported uphostered wood seats with intricate solihiya...
Deep-fried crispy enoki and shiitake golden mushrooms Relations between the Philippines and China span over several centuries and have been, for the most part, recent territorial disputes notwithstanding, cordial and warm. Before the Spanish colonization, the existence of various pre-colonial...
Newly appointed Philippine women’s national football team head coach Mark Torcaso is eyeing continued success for the Filipinas in hurried effort as the squad debuts at the Asian Games this September in China. Mark Torcaso The Australian, who replaced compatriot Alen Stajcic at the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has urged the Senate to look into the adoption of measures strengthening the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to assess its ability to maintain the maritime transport network and enforce the country’s laws and improve governance within the country’s maritime zones. Sen. Risa...
The Philippines' activities in the South China Sea, particularly in the West Philippine Sea, are not subject to any country's approval, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) asserted on Wednesday, August 23. DFA's pronouncement came after Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian...
BACOLOD CITY – A 103-year-old woman from Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental died the night before the turnover of her authenticated birth certificate issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on August 9. EUFRONIA Fernandez (Photo courtesy of PSA-Negros Occidental) Eufronia...
The local stock market continued to trek downwards on growing pessimism about the growth prospects of the US and Philippine economies. The main index lost 32.76 points or 0.53 percent to close at 6,179.63 percent with Banks dropping the most although sectoral indices were evenly split. Volume...
ThermaPrime Drilling Corporation (ThermaPrime), a subsidiary of Lopez-led First Philippine Holdings Corp (FPH), said it has completed drilling of its 15 wells for Philippine Geothermal Production Company Inc. (PGPC), the pioneer geothermal resource exploration and development company of the Sy...
Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) "Let's go back to where we have won." Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez prodded the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to study the possible filing of a "petition for...
Withdrawing from business deals with China amid the situation in the West Philippine Sea is not the way to go for the Philippine economy. NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan (Photo courtesy of PCO) National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan made the statement in a...
Everybody wishes weekends would last forever. Close enough, this August, after last weekend, there’s another exciting long weekend coming up. Newport Resorts has five international luxury hotels in one expansive property to choose from, so you can make the most out of this rare three-day...
