WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States said Thursday that "a possible deal" on a new Iranian nuclear accord is close but several sticking points have prevented an agreement and time is running out. Negotiators meeting in Vienna to try and salvage the 2015 nuclear deal, which is meant to...
The tandem of presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos and his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is open to receiving declarations of support from politicians even if it is not a "package deal" for them. (Photo from HNP Media) Duterte-Carpio made this revelation Thursday afternoon,...
The Senate on Wednesday adopted a resolution that recommends the filing of charges against Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi and other officials of the department who are involved in the approval of the sale of the participating shares of Chevron in the Malampaya gas field. The...
It is still the best way to beat pandemic blues It is hard to imagine that it has been a month since we gathered together, explored the outside world, even experienced the humble luxury of eating out during the holidays. What’s even harder to imagine is how fast it took for us to be drawn back to...
A coalition of nearly a hundred agricultural organizations based across different parts of the country has made an appeal to the senate to delay its concurrence to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). In a statement, Bayanihan sa Agrikultura said “the country will never gain...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has raised alarm over the possibility that the government is entering into a midnight deal to extend the service contract of the Malampaya project with the gas field operator Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX) by finalizing the transfer of its participating...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea's foreign ministry on Monday said a new US alliance in the Indo-Pacific and recent US submarine contract with Australia could trigger a ''nuclear arms race'' in the region. This handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies shows a close-up of construction...
The head of the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) emphasized Friday, August 20, that it would be the best option for local government units (LGUs) to rely on the guidance of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 and Department of Health (DOH) in purchasing their supply of...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, August 18, linked Christopher Lao, former aide of Senator Christopher “Bong” Go assigned in Malacañang, to the questionable purchase and selling of high-priced personal protective equipment (PPE) by the budget department’s procurement service...
An architect friend kept sending me these screenshots of an online influencer asking for “collab” and “ex-deal.” I looked at it out of curiosity and saw the influencer’s post asking if any of his followers know of a contractor who can do the structure in the photo below. The project,...
‘Midnight deal’ The Department of Energy (DOE) has been cautioned on granting a ‘midnight deal extension’ for the license or the Service Contract 38 of the Malampaya venture. Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian, chairman of Senate committee on energy, issued this caution given that by the...
How has the pandemic changed us? I wish I could wax romantic like Elizabeth Barrett Browning over all that we have lost — friends and family, our way of life, the world as we knew it. What’s different now — because we have yet to see the end of the pandemic or because it is also possible (God...
