AFP Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. visits military personnel at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija from Dec. 16 to 17, 2024 as part of his personal tradition to spend the Christmas season with the troops on the ground. (Photo: AFP) Since he became the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the...
The Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) expressed optimism about the country's power situation in 2025, stating that the chances of power outages are low. In a briefing on Tuesday, Dec. 17, Isidro Cacho Jr., IEMOP head of trading operations, said that power strains...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the bill that seeks to improve the quality and delivery of early childhood care and development (ECCD) services. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian lauded the latest development saying Senate Bill No. 2575 or the Early Childhood Care and...
Christmas came early for military personnel guarding the nine features occupied by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as they were given Noche Buena packages last week. The AFP, through the Western Command (Wescom), conducted rotation of troops and...
A Philippine Navy (PN) personnel aboard BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150) observes JMSDF destroyer JS Sazanami (DD 113) during the first Philippines-Japan maritime cooperative activity in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Aug. 2, 2024. (Photo: AFP) The Department of National Defense (DND) welcomed Tuesday,...
The British Chamber hosted its annual Media Appreciation Luncheon on 12 December at Fashion Interiors, one of its key members. The Chamber successfully ended the year, with its priority legislation passing into law, particularly the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act and the Anti-Financial...
The Senate on Monday, December 16, concurred with the ratification of the agreement between the Philippines and Japan concerning the facilitation of reciprocal access and cooperation between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Self-Defense Forces of Japan. Senate Resolution No. 1248,...
After ex-Department of Finance (DOF) official and lawyer Emmanuel "Noel" P. Bonoan withdrew from assuming the post of Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) president for 2025 amid personal life issues, the big business group has elected Alfredo "Al" S. Panlilio in his stead. In a...
All is not lost as President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. still has the power to ask the bicameral conference committee to reconvene and fix all the contentious items in the final version of the P6.532 trillion national budget for 2025, Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said. Zubiri...
The Boy Scouts of the Philippines mourned the death of three Boy Scouts who were electrocuted in a camp site in Zamboanga City on Thursday. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/12/12/3-boy-scouts-electrocuted-to-death-in-zamboanga-city “We mourn the loss of our three young scouts from Zamboanga City...
Probationary 2 nd Lieutenant Mhel Lucas Empiso tops this year's Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Officer Candidate Course (OCC). (Courtesy of AFP) A young man from Kapangan, Benguet emerged on top of this year’s Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Officer Candidate Course (OCC), beating...
A China Coast Guard ship fires water cannon at a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel in Bajo de Masinloc, West Philippine Sea on Dec. 4, 2024. (Courtesy of National Task Force for West Philippine Sea) The Philippine Navy (PN) expressed support for President Marcos Jr.’s...
