SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea's Kim Jong Un has called for a major increase in the country's nuclear arsenal, including mass producing tactical nuclear weapons and developing new missiles for nuclear counterstrikes, state media said Sunday. In a report at the end of a key party meeting in...
MATALAM, North Cotabato (PNA) – A plantation worker was killed while three of his companions were critically injured in an accidental grenade explosion in remote Barangay Kidama here, police said Friday, Dec. 30. Major Arniel Melocotones, town police chief, identified the fatality in the Thursday...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday he will seek China's help in persuading North Korea to sit down for talks after Pyongyang's slew of missile tests ratcheted up tensions. Blinken, who plans to visit Beijing in early 2023 in the first trip by the top US...
When was the last time you washed your hands? The Hand Hygiene Alliance Philippines (HAP!), a private sector-led group, presented an early gift to Filipinos by pledging its commitment to support universal access to hand hygiene programs in schools, community, and workplace settings during its...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea carried out an “important final-stage test” for the development of a spy satellite, which it will complete by April next year, state media said on Monday. The report comes a day after Seoul’s military said it had detected launches by Pyongyang of two...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will roll out three priority transportation Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects, in accordance with the Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028. DOTR announced Wednesday, Dec. 14, that the Committee on Public-Private Partnership Center Project Development...
ALEOSAN, North Cotabato (PNA) – A militiaman was killed in an ambush while eight others also died in the succeeding firefight in Barangay Tapudoc here on Friday afternoon, Dec. 9. Major Jennefer Amotan, the police chief of this town, said Saturday, Dec. 10, that prior to the firefight, lawless...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea fired a barrage of artillery shells into a maritime buffer zone on Monday, Seoul's military said, the latest in a series of launches by an increasingly belligerent Pyongyang. About 130 artillery rounds were simultaneously fired at 2:59 pm (0559 GMT) from two...
Soliman Cruz, Bart Guingona, and Noel Sto. Domingo give thrilling performances on international waters The pandemic has given our “small” actors big roles in the international art film arena. We have Dolly de Leon in Triangle of Sadness , Stefanie Arianne in Plan 75 , Chai Fonacier in Nocebo ,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – The Philippine Navy (PN), in collaboration with the Maritime Command Center (MCC) in Tawi-Tawi and its Malaysian counterpart, MCC-Tawau, have rescued a Philippine-flagged wooden-hulled vessel with 27 people aboard drifting at sea for four days and four nights, Navy...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States, Japan and South Korea have imposed fresh sanctions on North Korean individuals and entities in response to Pyongyang's recent slew of missile tests. Washington's action, announced Thursday, blocks any assets of three North Korean officials in the...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country aimed to have the world's most powerful nuclear force as he celebrated the launch of its newest intercontinental ballistic missile at a ceremony with his young daughter, state media reported Sunday. Kim also handed promotions to...
