COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Skirmishes erupted between two armed groups of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Pikit, North Cotabato Wednesday, August 10, sending some 50 families scampering to safer areas. “There were evacuees but many stayed with their relatives in nearby communities,”...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla on Monday, July 18 said Philippine communist rebellion is a local issue, not an international one. Padilla stressed this as he threw his full support behind localized peace talks with communist rebels. He also voiced his support for institutionalizing the National...
Senator Francis ‘Tol’ N. Tolentino today June 21 asked the incoming leadership of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to empower local government units (LGUs) using the ‘Mandanas ruling’ of the Supreme Court in averting the effects of a looming global recession amid the combined...
President Duterte is praying that the war between Russia and Ukraine and the conflict between China and Taiwan would be resolved peaceably through negotiations as killing human beings is senseless. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte said this amid ongoing geopolitical tension in Europe...
The Ukrainian government has expressed its appreciation for the Philippine government for its stand on the Ukraine-Russia conflict as it also called on the Filipino community to fight disinformation justifying the ongoing war. Non-resident Ukrainian ambassador to the Philippines Olexander...
The ongoing geopolitical conflict in Eastern Europe would further complicate the lingering effects of the African Swine Fever (ASF) on consumer prices, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a DOF Economic Bulletin released on Sunday, April 24, Finance Chief Economist Gil S. Beltran said that the...
Malacañang said Wednesday it believes that the conflict among the Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioners will be resolved "amicably and professionally." In a statement, presidential spokesman Martin Andanar said the Palace respects the independence of the poll body. He added that the...
There is no internal conflict within the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (Photo courtesy of Comelec FB) This was according to Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia amid controversies surrounding the resignation of Commissioner Soccoro B. Inting...
There is no internal conflict within the Commission on Elections (Comelec). media This was according to Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia amid controversies surrounding the resignation of Commissioner Soccoro B. Inting as chairperson of Committee on Firearms and Security Concerns (CFSC)....
PH calls for new areas of cooperation in ASEAN By Chino S. Leyco Southeast Asian countries are urged to explore new avenues for cooperation to enable the region to collectively contain the economic fallout from the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Collective and urgent action is...
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has caused many industries to take sides, among them is the fashion industry. As the war unfolded last March, many fashion brands like Louis Vuitton, Versace, Isabel Marant, as well as major luxury goods conglomerates have shown their solidarity with...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Thursday, March 31, pushed for more wheat alternatives amid the rising price of wheat flour due to the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Unsplash) Both Russia and Ukraine are among the world's largest suppliers of wheat which account for...
