ILOILO CITY – Malacañang has allocated P344 million for scholars and facility projects in all 1,721 barangays in Iloilo province. Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. and Liga ng mga Barangay Provincial Federation President Amalia Victoria Debuque met this week to prepare for the distribution of...
Manolo Fortich’s own Rolando Bregente Jr. saw himself rising from the fairways of Del Monte Golf and Country Club to rule the inaugural NCAA Season 101 Golf Tournament presented by the Philippine Sports Commission on Wednesday, May 20. The 24-year-old Lyceum of the Philippines University...
Eric Jed Olivarez is hitting peak form ahead of the highly anticipated inaugural Palawan Open 2026, battling through a grueling qualifying campaign to secure a quarterfinal berth in the M15 Luan Jian An Open in China. Olivarez displayed immense grit in Lu’an, outlasting ATP-ranked opponents in...
At the course of its investigation, the Philippine National Police (PNP) had been trying to fully comprehend why, of all people, a retired police general would lead armed Senate security men and fire warning shots to a legitimate law enforcer. In fact, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group...
Razon-led International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has secured a $300-million loan from the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to support the expansion and upgrade of three container terminals across the Philippines. In a statement on Wednesday, May 20, ICTSI...
TOKYO, May 20--Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will deliver a speech to the Diet, Japan 's parliament, on May 28, it was learned Wednesday. Executives of the steering committee of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, decided Wednesday to schedule the speech in...
They came. They promised. They delivered. And Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), expressed optimism that the fast conduct of police investigation—which was done within a week despite numerous challenges—will serve as the first stage in giving the...
Police Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), on Tuesday, May 19, told police commanders and personnel to ignore “political noise” and stay focused on their mandate of maintaining peace and order. Nartatez warned that attempts to draw police officers...
The investigation conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) rejected claims that the Senate was under attack on the night of May 13 when pandemonium broke loose over a burst of gunfire that all stemmed from fears that Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa would be arrested. But as to the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has alerted all its units as flooding incidents were reported in several areas of Luzon and Mindanao following days of heavy rains. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said police units, especially in affected areas, were tasked to immediately mobilize...
Escalating tensions in the Middle East and the resulting spike in global oil prices could trigger broader economic disruptions in the Philippines, worsening inflation, weakening the peso, and raising costs across transportation, food, tourism, and other energy-intensive industries, according to...
MANILA -- Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. voiced concern that the country could be involved in a possible contingency over Taiwan, in an interview with media organizations including Jiji Press on Monday. "I think in Japan 's case, it 's more about a choice to be involved" if a...
