SEOUL, South Korea -- Chinese President Xi Jinping told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that Beijing was willing to work with Pyongyang for world peace, North Korean state media said Saturday. The message from Xi came days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in one of its...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) expressed its support to Emmanuel Rufino Ledesma Jr., who was appointed by the Marcos administration as the acting president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). “We welcome the appointment of Emmanuel...
M’LANG, North Cotabato (PNA) – Six persons, including a policeman and a civilian, were killed while four others were hurt following a shootout here, a police officer said on Thursday, Nov. 24. In a statement, Lt. Col. Realan Mamon, town police chief, identified those killed in the shootout that...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Friday, which Japan said may have had the range to hit the US mainland. People sit near a television showing a news broadcast with a file photo of a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile on display during a...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito has raised concerns that the impending budget cuts in the proposed budget of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) could potentially derail the country’s ongoing railway projects, particularly the North-South Commuter Railway System and the first phase of...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is supporting South Korea in its denuclearization efforts in the Korean Peninsula by saying the government will do what it can to give assistance. Marcos, who recently condemned North Korea’s ballistic missile launches, backed the initiatives...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- US President Joe Biden said Sunday he will seek to establish "red lines" in America's fraught relations with Beijing when he holds high-stakes talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Biden said he goes into Monday's encounter on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Indonesia...
Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 12, some P3.4 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City. In a report released on Nov. 13, the PDEA said the suspect Mansawi Lala, 38, was arrested after selling 500 grams of shabu to an...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday urged North Korea to comply with the United Nations (UN) security resolutions following its recent ballistic missile launches. During his intervention at the 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit Retreat,...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Region 1 (Ilocos) has installed safety barriers and painted pedestrian lanes on the intersection of the Manila North Road in Barangay Pennsylvania-Parian Road and Barangay Sevilla national highway here. The...
President Marcos has named veteran journalist Jaime Florcruz as the Philippine ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the People’s Republic of China with concurrent jurisdiction over the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Mongolia. Jaime Florcruz (Source: CNN Philippines)...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's former president Moon Jae-in is seeking to give up two dogs gifted to him by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, citing a lack of support from Seoul, his office said Monday. Photo from Moon Jae-Ian's Cheong Wa Dae official Twitter account The white Pungsan dogs, one...
