France has provided the Philippines nearly P9 billion (15​0​ million euros) as ​policy-based ​loan assistance for the country​'s​ climate actions​ and green recovery from Covid-19.​ French Ambassador to the Philippines Michèle Boccoz and...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. has raised concerns on the implementation of a new law which gives senior military officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) a fixed tour-of-duty, saying some of its provisions could pose a problem that may lead to...
In January 2022, the Japanese coffee chain suddenly closed its stores in the Philippines It looks like 2023 will be bright for Filipino caffeine lovers as Japanese coffee chain % Arabica is returning to the Philippines. During the holiday season, the brand has been greeting Filipinos by sharing...
At its core, through trials and errors, our desire is to elevate our world to the level of utopian science fiction. Other than inhabiting, possessing, and controlling it, we have reshaped it, but here we are. Can we get it back in shape? Its growing catalog of ills notwithstanding, I think the...
The setting of “surge” prices on fares should not be dependent on a single transport company or even on the supply and demand, according to Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairman Teofilo Guadiz III. "What we would like to establish is what time can a company...
The Senate Committee on Public Services followed a “non-punitive tone” in investigating the technical glitches that happened on January 1, New Year’s Day at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) that caused a shutdown of the country’s airspace. Sen. Grace Poe, chairperson of the...
The Philippines electronics industry is looking at hitting $50 billion exports this year of which 70 percent or 35 percent will come from the semiconductor sector, according to the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation, Inc. (SEIPI). SEIPI President Dan Lachica...
Despite the 2023 salary adjustment, a group of education workers on Thursday, Jan. 12, called the government’s measure a “failure” with over 70 percent of its workers still being “paid below living wage.” Members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) stage a picket protest in front...
Last November, the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El Sheikh hosted hundreds of young climate advocates from more than 140 countries during the 17 th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Youth (COY17), which happened ahead of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or the 27 th...
Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) is taking full responsibility and accountability for the air traffic system glitch that hit the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on New Year’s Day. CAAP Director General Manuel Antonio Tamayo expressed the CAAP’s position on the issue...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, January 12 said another agency, and not the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), should lead the investigation on the New Year’s Day air traffic shutdown. Hontiveros pointed out that the aviation body has backtracked on several statements...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), had a unique opportunity to show off its technologies that are at par with other global creations during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Business Mission in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, California from January 5...
