The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) on June 1 announced that it will sign an agreement with the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) to strengthen their shared commitment to the peaceful uses of outer space. Philippine Space Agency PhilSA said the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...
International organizations Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) are now helping the Philippine government to stop the use of highly toxic mercury in mining in compliance with its commitment under the Minamata Convention. According to a statement, the...
An alarming 83 percent of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who returned to the country as a result of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic were found to be still unemployed on an average of three months post-arrival. Returning Overseas Filipino Workers at the NAIA (Ted ALJIBE / AFP /...
Transport advocacy group Move As One Coalition has joined the global community in pushing for a 30-kilometer per hour (kph) speed limit on urban roads. (Photo from Dinna Louise C. Dayao / Move As One Coalition) The call--aimed at reducing air pollution, fighting climate change, and saving...
Over 20 million young Filipino women struggle to enforce their rights to bodily autonomy as practices of child marriage, instances of gender-based violence, and lack of services for reproductive health persist in the country. (Screengrab from the virtual launch of the UNFPA's State of the World...
For Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., the Philippines cannot afford to relax its campaign against illegal drugs like what Portugal did in 2001 due to the country's proximity to China, the region’s “smuggling center of illegal drug exports.” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin...
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, May 17, said that China’s “might makes it right” on the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as he conceded that the Philippines cannot compete because it is not equal to the Asian giant. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his “Talk to...
President Duterte reiterated his stand that the 2016 The Hague ruling invalidating China's claim in the West Philippine Sea will just be rejected by China calling it "meaningless" this time around. President Duterte and former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile (Manila Bulletin / Simeon Celi /...
Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario on Sunday listed down a menu of available diplomatic options for the Philippines should the unlawful presence of a large number of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea would continue....
The Philippine government should ensure continuity of HIV/AIDS care services even if it is still grappling with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said. (UNAIDS LOGO) According to UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, “there...
President Duterte is not inclined to seek help from the United Nations (UN) to resolve the country's dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea. President Duterte delivers a public address on May 13, 2021 (Malacañang) The President has expressed doubt the United Nations could be useful in...
The Philippines on Wednesday joined the international community in expressing “serious deep concern” over the escalation of violence in parts of Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. Photo shows Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, on May 10,...
