Inflation, or the rate of increase in consumer prices, picked up at a quicker pace in May as electricity and liquefied petroleum gas costs rise, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported Wednesday, June 5. May headline inflation inched up to 3.9 percent from 3.8 percent in the previous month,...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said President Marcos was calm and not combative when he was at the 21st International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. Estrada said this during the Kapihan sa Senado on Tuesday, June 4, after he was asked...
The local stock market resumed its downward trend as investors remained jittery over high inflation and the weaker peso. The peso continued to decline further, closing at P58.71 to a US dollar on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 from P58.68 on June 3. The weighted average rate was at P58.681 from...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Tuesday, June 4 pushed for the bill that would strengthen the system of filing of birth certificates in the country, noting how delayed registration of such documents have been abused. Estrada said passage into law of Senate Bill No. 2703...
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) President Marcos Jr. believes that China is "punishing" the Philippines through their recent aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) due to his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) in Singapore last week. The...
Chinese personnel onboard two bigger rigid hull inflatable boats (RHIBs) rush to take a food package airdropped by personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) onboard two smaller rubber boats during a resupply mission in Ayungin Shoal on May 19, 2024. (Photo by AFP) The alleged attempt...
Escoda Shoal (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) The Philippine Navy (PN) said Tuesday, June 4, that China has no right to hold a military exercise within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This, as Commodore Roy Vincent Trinidad, PN spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (WPS),...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has appealed to China to put an end to its aggressive behavior in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), as is it not good for the two countries'...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff, General Romeo Brawner Jr. holds a press conference at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on June 4, 2024 to give updates on the confrontation between AFP and Chinese personnel during a resupply mission in Ayungin Shoal last month. (Photo by Martin A....
At least 50 policemen assigned in Bamban, Tarlac were sacked from their posts, a move that is believed to be connected to the filing of charges and eventually the suspension of Mayor Alice Guo over allegations of link to the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in the area. Interior and...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Monday, June 3, said its Negros Occidental-Bacolod City Chapter is on “alert” for a potential escalation of Mount Kanlaon's eruption. (Philippine Red Cross / Manila Bulletin) “We are always ready and prepared to help,” said PRC Chairman and Chief...
President Marcos Jr. (left) shakes hand with Philippine Navy Flag Officer in Command, Vice Adm. Toribio Adaci Jr. during the PN 2nd Quarter Command Conference at the PN Headquarters in Manila on June 3, 2024. (Photo courtesy of PPA Pool) The Philippine Navy (PN) laid out before President Marcos Jr....
