President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has appointed journalist and two-time National Book Award recipient Jose Torres Jr. as the new director general of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA). (Photo courtesy of PCO and PIA) Torres will replace resigned PIA chief Mon Cualoping, whose...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has issued a new executive order (EO) that reorganizes the government’s Zero Hunger task force which used to be headed by the now-defunct Office of the Cabinet Secretary (OCS). *(File photo)* Based on EO 27, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin...
TALA, the country's first high-powered hybrid rocket, was successfully launched from Crow Valley Gunnery Range in Capas, Tarlac on Saturday, May 20. " TALA team preparing the rocket for second launch attempt in the early morning of 20 May. The first attempt on 19 May was postponed due to...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Department of Justice (DOJ), as the lead agencies of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), signed the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 11930, also known as the Anti-Online Sexual Abuse and...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. signed an administrative order creating an inter-agency committee for the commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Philippine independence. Philippine Air Force (PAF) aircraft conduct a flyby exercise practice at the Luneta Park in Manila on June 8,...
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Renato Solidum, Jr. believes the Copernicus Capacity Support Action programme for the Philippines (CopPhil) will strengthen the nation’s resilience to disasters and climate change. In his keynote address during CopPhil's launch, he said that...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Philippine Space Agency have teamed up with the European Union for a program that will help in disaster mitigation, climate change adaptation and food security strategies using earth observation satellites. The three bodies led on Monday, April...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered maritime and education agencies to ensure compliance with training, education and certification standards of the European Union in order to ensure the global recognition of Filipino seafarers' certificates. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong'...
Oil slicks from the sunken MT Princess Empress tanker have reached the island of Coron, Palawan, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) advised on Monday, April 3. Courtesy of PhilSA "The oil slicks cover a total of approximately 61.27 square kilometers and have reached the island of Coron, Palawan....
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) said that it is monitoring unburned debris that may have fallen approximately 398 kilometers from Bajo de Masinloc during the launch of the Long March 4C rocket into space on Friday afternoon, March 31. It was launched from Jiuquan Space Launch Center in the Gobi...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) installed Starlink kits in two geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas to provide free internet access to its students, teachers, and local government office personnel. In a statement on Monday, March 27, PhilSA said that the initiative is part of its...
The United States will be supporting Filipino fisherfolk whose livelihood has been affected by an oil spill in Oriental Mindoro through training them to become citizen scientists in the meantime. The US Embassy in Manila said Friday that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will...
