(Pixabay) Chinese diplomats who misbehave or don't know how to follow laws in the Philippines should be sent home and replaced with "better ones". Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr. and Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep....
The Philippine women’s national volleyball team braces for a tall task in the AVC Challenge Cup next week. Alas Women's first practice together (PNVF) Hosting the week-long tournament, the Alas Women are set to be pitted against Australia in their opening game in Group A for...
Lower than anticipated inflation in the US for April boosted local stocks as investors again raise their hopes for an interest rate cut. The main index jumped 69.57 points or 1.06 percent to close at 6,628.20 as the interest rate sensitive Property sector surged while Banks declined. Volume rose to...
PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has signed a partnership agreement with the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) to strengthen the telco’s support for the Philippine delegation to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games. PLDT and Smart Chairman and CEO Manuel V Pangilinan, left,...
Philippine National Police (File photo) The Philippine National Police (PNP) has released more than P7.6 billion to cover the mid-year bonus of its 228,893 active duty personnel. The allocated fund amounting to P7,629,893,993.00, was derived from the regular PNP appropriations included in this...
The country’s economic environment failed to lure more foreign investments in the first quarter of this year, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. The PSA reported Thursday, May 16, that the total approved foreign investments from January to March fell by 63.6 percent to...
Corporal Reycon Remedio (Photo courtesy of 8ID) A Philippine Army (PA) personnel was killed during an armed encounter with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in San Jorge, Samar on Tuesday, May 14. A report released by the military on Thursday, May 16, identified the fallen trooper as...
Diplomats from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China agreed to observe self-restraint in the South China Sea as they met in Thailand for another set of talks in the face of increasing tension in the contested waterway. Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian said...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded a 30 percent decline in cybercrime complaints from January to May 9 this year, the police’s Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) disclosed on Thursday, May 16, comparing the data for the same period in 2023. Citing its data, PNP-ACG director Brig. Gen....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives is serious in its pledge to help strengthen the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) through modernization. This early, Speaker Martin Romualdez has asked...
Rain or Shine was simply too young and too feisty for TNT. The young legs of the Elasto Painters proved to be the difference, outlasting the Tropang Giga in the crunch to hack out a pulsating 110-109 victory to advance to the semifinals in the 2024 PBA Philippine Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium on...
China has issued a warning that the Philippines will bear the consequences for the flotilla of civilian ships that sailed over Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal in a bid to assert the country’s territorial sovereignty over it. Wang Wenbin, spokesman for China’s Foreign...
