The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said it had vaccinated over 11,000 children against measles in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as part of an intensive vaccination campaign. (Photo courtesy of PRC) PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Richard Gordon issued a...
(From left to right) President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr., US President Joe Biden, and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (PCO) House Assistant Majority Leader and La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega expects the inaugural trilateral summit...
The local stock market remained below its 6,700 support level as investors continue to sell amid rising exodus of later and less interest rate cuts this year. The main index lost 18.26 points or 0.27 percent to close at 6,659.39 although only the Property and Holding Firms sectors dropped. Volume...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate – the increase in prices of basic goods and services – in Western Visayas region jumped 0.4 percent from 2.7 percent in February to 3.1 percent in March. Nida Amolar, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 officer-in-charge and chief...
China’s embassy in Manila on Friday, April 12, said the defense pact between the Philippines and the United States will not affect Beijing, which asserts that its aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea are justifiable. “The US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty will not move us a...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that agricultural trade in the country decreased last year due to a drop in both imports and exports. Data from the PSA showed that the total agricultural trade amounted to $24.35 billion from January to December 2023, a nine percent decline...
Lieutenant Jan Kyle Q. Borres and Ensign Izzah Leonah S. Taccad (Courtesy of the Philippine Navy) The Philippine Navy (PN) on Friday, April 12, paid tribute to its two personnel who died in a tragic helicopter crash in Cavite City. The remains of Lieutenant Jan Kyle Q. Borres and Ensign Izzah...
The Philippines, the United States and Japan announced Friday, April 12, the formal establishment of a trilateral maritime cooperation to safeguard their peoples at sea as their leaders expressed concern about China’s dangerous and coercive actions both in the South and the East China Seas....
China attributed the Philippines’ supposed non-adherence to deals on the South China Sea to the rising tension in the waters as President Marcos already questioned the existence of a so-called “gentleman’s agreement." The Chinese Embassy in Manila Thursday, April 11, did not directly comment...
Government agencies are now preparing for the scheduled tansport strike by two major transport groups in protest of President Marcos’s decision not to extend the April 30 deadline for consolidation of all public utility vehicle operators to give way to the modernization program. On the part of...
Following President Marcos’ order banning unauthorized government workers from using sirens and blinkers, the Philippine National Police (PNP) vowed on Thursday, April 11, to intensify the crackdown against all motorists using the devices. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said that while they...
President Marcos said the government will no longer sit idly by while Filipino fishers continue to suffer from threats in the West Philippine Sea, Philippine Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez said. Romualdez said on Wednesday, April 10 (Washington time) the Philippine government...
