DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it has collaborated with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the government of China to further improve the Philippines' healthcare waste management. On Friday, Dec. 16, the UNDP turned over to the DOH the project called "Learning Experience...
The Philippines would not pick sides between "superpower" countries. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. emphasized this when asked during a press conference with international media in Brussels, Belgium if the...
Why hasn't the Department of Justice (DOJ) lifted a finger on the case of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy? DOJ Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla (left) and Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas posed this question during a virtual press conference of the militant...
The Makabayan bloc is prodding the House of Representatives to probe the alleged cases of Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name (KOJC) church founder Pastor Apollo Quiboloy as reported by United States (US) authorities. Pastor Apollo Quiboloy (Facebook) Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA) inked a partnership for space research, development, and data mobilization. Courtesy of Emirates News Agency Among the issues that these initiatives will focus on are disaster management, emergencies, food...
Top officials of the Philippine Army (PA) and Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) have established deeper relations with their counterparts from Japan and the United States in a “historic” summit that sought to address various security issues in the Indo-Pacific region. Heads of land forces from...
Editorial This year’s major climate summit may have concluded when world leaders and environment advocates departed Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt with a “call for action.” But that 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of Parties (more commonly referred to as COP27) is just...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo, a solon who works closely with overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), says thousands of skilled construction workers are currently needed in Guam. And the best part is, this United States (US) territory just happens to prefer to hire Filipino workers. (Shivendu Shukla/...
MONTREAL, Canada -- The world's next global pact for nature is doomed without clear mechanisms for implementing targets, conservation groups said Saturday on the sidelines of UN talks, as hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Montreal demanding greater action. Similar factors were widely...
The Senate has adopted a resolution honoring Filipino-British nurse May Richell A. Cestina-Parsons for bagging the prestigious George Cross Award from the British government. Senate Resolution No. 320, introduced by Sen. Imee Marcos was unanimously adopted by the Upper Chamber on Wednesday,...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- The United Nations appealed Thursday for millions of dollars from donors to help battle an intensifying outbreak of cholera in Haiti that has left nearly 300 people dead. Ulrika Richardson, the UN's humanitarian coordinator for the impoverished Caribbean country,...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Parts of Indonesia's revised criminal code appear "incompatible" with fundamental freedoms and human rights, the United Nations said Thursday. The sweeping overhaul includes a ban on sex outside marriage and the cohabitation of unmarried couples, which activists have said are...
