LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Over 500 families from three barangays benefited from free medical and dental services during the Tarabangan Caravan at Oro Site High School here on Thursday morning, August 24. Beneficiaries were from Barangays Peñaranda with more than 100 families, Orosite with...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. refuted on Wednesday, August 23, the China Coast Guard’s (CCG) claim that it allowed the boats chartered by the AFP to reach Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal out of humanitarian purposes so it could deliver fresh food, water, and...
The Philippines' activities in the South China Sea, particularly in the West Philippine Sea, are not subject to any country's approval, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) asserted on Wednesday, August 23. DFA's pronouncement came after Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian...
There was one key strategy that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) did to ensure the success of their follow-up rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, Kalayaan Island Group (Spratly Islands) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS)...
The resumption of the rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday, August 22, was “successful.” BRP Sierra Madre (File photo) This was bared by the National Task Force for the...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) resumed its rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal but China still ignored calls to refrain from interrupting the Philippine boats from bringing food, water, and other supplies to troops onboard BRP Sierra Madre, satellite...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced Saturday, August 19, that it will hold another rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), Palawan after the botched August 5 operation where Chinese vessels fired jets of water at...
The Philippines is helping pursue diplomatic talks among various nations in a bid to eventually establish a mechanism facilitating international cooperation and assistance under the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). That's through Philippine Permanent Mission in Geneva's second secretary,...
Mayor Eric Olivarez with the members of the Korean Health and Medical Association for Social Contribution (KHMASC) Para ñaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez said members of the Korean Health and Medical Association for Social Contribution conducted a medical mission in the city on Monday,...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is looking to resume its rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) within the next two weeks to ensure that troops stationed at BRP Sierra Madre will have enough supplies. (L-R) Philippine...
“Elemental” and “ Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One” topped the monthly box office in July in South Korea while the global hit “Barbie” struggled with only a 3 percent revenue share. The Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which tracks box office receipts, released the July...
Two more people were reported to have perished due to the combined effects of Super Typhoon “Egay” and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat), bringing the death toll to 16, while damage to agriculture and infrastructure have reached P5.8 billion. The latest situational report released by the...
