Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, April 23 filed a resolution asking the Senate to investigate the entry of foreigners in the Philippines using falsified documents to pose as Filipinos. Hontiveros filed Senate Resolution No. 1001 following the reported influx of some 4,600 Chinese students in a...
The Philippines welcomed the statement of the Group of Seven (G7) in calling out China’s aggression in the disputed South China Sea and maintained its commitment and adherence to international laws, particularly a United Nations convention that was the basis for the Permanent Court of...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 is offering “Libreng Sakay” or free rides to commuters during the transport strike from April 15 to 16 in the Ilocos region. PRO-1 Director Police Brig. Gen. Lou Evangelista ordered his subordinate units to provide resources for...
President Marcos, United States President Joe Biden, and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called out North Korea and Russia for the security threats posed by the use of nuclear weapons in the Indo-Pacific and European regions, whose peace and stability they reaffirmed during the historic...
CEBU CITY – More barangays in Central Visayas were declared as drug-cleared during the latest deliberation of the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC). THE Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing deliberates the application for drug-cleared status of...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, April 11, said it is working on various projects to address the concern of the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region about the lack of access to essential health services in the region. MB FILE "Sa Philippines, ang most common lacking...
BACOLOD CITY – Officials of the province of Negros Occidental are elated over the pronouncement of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. that he intends to sign the Negros Island Region (NIR) bill. NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson talks to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. during the...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) has rolled out the five-year National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP) for Visayas stakeholders in this city. TOURISM Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco presents the 2023-2028 National Tourism Development Plan for Visayas stakeholders in Iloilo City....
President Marcos will most likely sign the Negros Island Region (NIR) Act, creating a region composed of Negros Occidental, including Bacolod City, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor, to decentralize access to government services. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (2nd right) leads the...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 seized P29.2-million worth of illegal drugs in 302 operations in the first quarter of 2024 in the Ilocos region compared to the same period last year with P28.7 million. Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista, PRO-1 director, said 360 suspected...
The ambassadors of Japan and Australia expressed their support to and said they are looking forward to the naval drills to be conducted by the Philippines, United States, Japan, and Australia on Sunday, April 7, which are meant to maintain peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. Armed...
The World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region on Friday, April 5, raised concerns regarding measles and pertussis. World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region Director Dr. Saia Ma'u Piukala and Communications Manager Olivia Lawe-Davies hold a press conference at WHO Western...
