President Duterte has decided to extend the suspension of the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) by another six months, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. announced on Monday. Locsin said the decision was relayed to him and to Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel...
Philippines Football League champion United City FC is set to hold its future home matches in New Clark City after the two sides agreed on an LGU partnership. The club made the announcement Monday, June 14 after UCFC president and co-founder Eric Gottschalk received an endorsement letter from the...
Behind enemy lines I could never imagine the sacrifice our medical frontliners are going through during this pandemic in order to save lives as they risk their own, as well as their families’ health. Supporting our frontliners’ efforts in this arduous battle are the unsung heroes and heroines...
More than 1.8 million people have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in the country since the government's free inoculation drive started last March. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in a...
Several offshore mining companies from Switzerland, Australia, Japan, and other countries have expressed interest to invest in the Philippines following President Duterte’s lifting of the country’s nine year ban on new mining projects. In a statement, the Offshore Mining Chamber of the...
State-run Land Bank of the Philippines has ramped-up efforts to bring more unbanked Filipinos into the formal banking system to support the national government’s financial inclusion program. The country’s second largest bank in terms of assets reported that it has onboarded more than 3.7...
A Filipino teacher has been named as among this year’s recipients of the Princess Maha Chakri Award, a biennial international award seeking to recognize outstanding teachers from 10-nation Southeast Asian bloc and Timor Leste, who have made significant impact to students’ lives. (DepEd Facebook...
Photo from Execration ML Execration completed its amazing lower bracket run this time around, taking a sweet 4-1 revenge victory over Blacklist International to conquer the Mobile Legends Southeast Asia Cup (MSC) 2021 on Sunday night, June 13. After dropping the championship showdown opener,...
“Never was so much owed by so many to so few,” was a line used by Winston Churchill to describe the heroism of the pilots of the Battle of Britain who sacrificed life and limb to defend freedom from the Nazis. The same sentence is more than apt to describe the efforts of our medical front...
There are no shortcuts when it comes to protecting the civil liberties and rights of peoples under a country’s constitution. Enforcing the people’s constitutional rights is no small matter and is of paramount importance, a particularly daunting task that rests squarely on the shoulders of the...
The Philippines and Japan have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) to enhance their partnership in space science and space exploration. Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) logos In a virtual ceremony, Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) Director-General...
Coca-Cola Philippines has joined hands with its long-time partner, the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), and budding social enterprise, the Plastic Flamingo (PLAF), to help improve the collection and recycling of plastic PET packaging at the community level. The partnership is in line...
