Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc. (FNI), one of the Philippines’ leading nickel ore exporters, more than tripled its attributable net income to ₱1.53 billion for the first nine months of 2025 from ₱502.6 million in the same period last year due to a jump in ore prices. In a disclosure to the...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Tuesday, Oct. 7, expressed its gratitude to the commander of the armed forces security unit tasked to protect Vice President Sara Duterte after he was relieved of his present duties. The OVP thanked Col. Raymund Dante Lachica for his “outstanding...
A total of 1,144 families living in Districts 1 to 6 and Baseco in Manila that were adversely affected by Typhoons Crising, Dante, and Emong in July received financial assistance from the city government and the National Housing Authority (NHA) on Thursday, Aug. 28. Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko...
President Marcos has appointed Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas Dante Vargas as Acting Ombudsman, Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro confirmed on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Vargas, who was first appointed as Deputy Ombudsman by then-president Rodrigo Duterte in March 2022, served as Graft...
Global Ferronickel Holdings, Inc. (FNI), one of the Philippines’ leading nickel ore producers, tripled (up 200.4 percent) its attributable net income to ₱622.1 million in the first half of 2025 from ₱207.1 million in the prior year as a jump in prices and stable costs offset lower shipments....
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has extended a total of P1.16 billion in aid to families and individuals affected by the southwest monsoon (habagat) and Tropical Cyclones Crising, Dante, and Emong. As of 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 6, DSWD has distributed 1.7 million family...
The death toll from the combined effects of tropical cyclones “Crising”, “Dante”, “Emong” and the southwest monsoon (habagat) has climbed to 38, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Sunday, Aug. 3. In a report, the NDRRMC said most of the...
ILOILO CITY – Six people died and two persons remain missing from the stormy weather last month in Western Visayas region, latest data released by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-6 chaired by the Office of Civil Defense-6 on the impact of the ‘’habagat’’...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) transported relief assistance to the island of Batanes on Tuesday, July 29, in the aftermath of the successive storms and enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) that affected the country. Department of National Defense (DND)...
The death toll due to the combined effects of Tropical Cyclones “Crising”, “Dante”, “Emong” and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) was lowered by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) to 31 from 32 on Monday, July 28. A report from the NDRRMC showed...
Five 10-wheeler trucks loaded with essential non-food items were dispatched by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) to Ilocos (Region 1) as part of its continuing relief operations in the wake of recent tropical cyclones and flooding. The OCD said three of the trucks carried kitchen sets, each truck...
No tropical cyclone may enter or form within the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) in the coming days, but the southwest monsoon or “habagat” will continue to bring rains, particularly over the western sections of Luzon, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical...
