Chinese maritime forces form a blockade to stop a medical evacuation of sick Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on May 19, 2024. (Courtesy of PCG Commodore Jay Tarriela) The Philippines “does not and will never need” to inform China of its maritime...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel BRP Teresa Magbanua is blocked by a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel during one of her patrol operations in Bajo de Masinloc, Zambales from Feb. 1 to 9, 2024. (Photo by PCG) Starting this February, civilian vessels of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Bureau of...
The Muntinlupa City Council has enacted an ordinance scrapping the mandatory use of face shields in the city. Majority Floor Leader Raul Corro told Manila Bulletin that the City Council enacted the ordinance on Nov. 8. The ordinance, he said, lifted the mandatory use of face shields except in...
Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi is supporting the proposal for the non-mandatory wearing of face shields. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Benhur Abalos said on Monday, Nov. 8, that the official position of the 17 Metro Manila mayors during their meeting on Nov. 7 was to do away...
House Majority Leader and Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin G. Romualdez has asked Interior and Local Government Sec. Eduardo Año to ensure that the 18,279 new policemen to be recruited next year will qualify to rigid qualification standards to ensure honest and dedicated personnel for the Philippine...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will request the extradition of the 61-year-old American diplomat who was indicted in the United States for having sex with a Filipino minor while posted in Manila if Philippine authorities could determine that the offense committed is “extraditable.”...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday said the Philippine government will clarify with Hong Kong authorities certain rules concerning the lifting of the travel ban for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who wish to return to work in the former Crown Colony. Department of Foreign Affairs...
A double whammy of adverse audit observations received by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has elicited for the agency strong criticisms coming from a youth partylist organization in the House of Representatives. 2DFB8829-8307-438F-8979-726B0F01E16D_4_5005_c The Kabataan...
Employers and government agencies on Wednesday, (June 30) signed a manifesto that seeks to create 1 million jobs by end this year to help address the high unemployment rate in the country and bring it back to pre-pandemic level. The Manifesto on 1 Million Jobs for 2021-Partnership Project with the...
With government still unable to fulfill its pledge for the swift rehabilitation of war-ravaged Marawi City, displaced residents who were forced to live in temporary shelters have become desperate to return to their communities. Speaking through their leaders, the Marawi siege victims lamented that...
