EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — Leaders at the Group of Seven summit on Wednesday threw their support behind U.S. President Donald Trump 's tentative agreement with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz and further extend a shaky ceasefire — even though he 's offered scant specificity...
El Niño is now in the Philippines, and we should begin preparing for its impact. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), there is an 80 percent probability that current conditions will develop into a full-blown El Niño event that may...
' Senator Joel Villanueva announced on Sunday, June 14 that he would attend a special session to be called by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. In a video message aired during the Jesus is Lord (JIL) Church 's Sunday service, Villanueva acknowledged that the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration put up $750,000 to charter a private yacht to evacuate a single American citizen from a remote South Pacific island after she had been aboard a cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak, a move that has further strained the State...
Lawyer-solon Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro has shot down the proposal of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano 's bloc for an "interim administration" in the Senate with Acting Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian 's bloc. Luistro, the lead prosecutor in Vice President...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Saturday, June 6, criticized former Senate Presidents Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III and Franklin Drilon over what he considered a sudden change in their political views. This, after the two former Senate leaders, along with Senators Vicente "Tito" Sotto III and...
Perhaps somebody is eyeing the position of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla, President Marcos said, as rumors circulated that the President had allegedly lost confidence in him. Marcos said "yes" when asked during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan,...
National Tobacco Administration (NTA) said it has secured the commitment of traders and cigarette manufacturers to purchase all flue-cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco leaves produced this season to protect farmers from a potential buying freeze amid a projected oversupply of the commodity. In a...
The Philippine Chamber of Food Manufacturers Inc. (PCFMI) has urged regulators to adopt more science-based, practical, and consultative approaches in crafting food and nutrition policies as the government studies new rules that could reshape the local food manufacturing industry. During PCFMI Food...
State-run Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC), which manages the country ’s first sovereign wealth fund (SWF), has signed a cooperation agreement with key government energy agencies to modernize and rehabilitate the aging power transmission system of Mindoro Island, with officials aiming to...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is coordinating an emergency overhaul of Palawan’s fragile power infrastructure after a system-wide blackout cut electricity in the tourist-heavy island province last week. State agencies—including the National Power Corp. (NPC), National Transmission Corp.,...
The Philippine government has asked the World Bank to restructure and partially cancel over $2.34 million in unused proceeds from a Duterte-era loan supporting the country’s flagship Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), even as the Washington-based multilateral lender cited the project’s...
