ILOILO CITY – The Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches (CPBC), the oldest existing Baptist union in the country, recently installed a new secretary general. REV. Danilo Azuela Borlado (center) and his family during his installation as the new general secretary of the Convention of Philippine...
The National Commission for Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) has proposed for the creation of “Lake Lanao Special Economic Zone” to develop a halal ecosystem in the country to improve the country's participation in the huge export potential for Halal products. This was proposed raised by Engineer...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, May 8, a total of 9,465 new Covid-19 cases that were recorded in the past week. In its weekly case bulletin, DOH said that daily average cases went up to 1,352 which is 112 percent higher than the case from April 24 to April 30. DOH recorded 50 more...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) seized uncertified vaporized nicotine and non-nicotine products, and novel tobacco products worth P3 million and found that a large majority of online stores are non-compliant with the implementing rules and regulations of the VAPE Law. DTI Secretary...
Aside from looking for potential supplier for the planned nuclear power plant in the Philippines, Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual said the government is also eyeing potential manufacturing of nuclear power reactors in the country. It could be recalled that President Ferdinand R....
As the Department of Education (DepEd) revises the K to 12 curriculum, a group urged Vice President Sara Duterte, who serves as the Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary in a concurrent capacity, to retract her “red-tagging statements” publicly apologize for “attacking human rights.”...
An emerging technology center put up by the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology (DOST-PCIEERD) at the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) in Las Piñas allows students and faculty members to communicate with...
The Philippines has asked the US government for the inclusion of garments and shoes in the list of products eligible for zero duty under the US Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), which grants preferential or zero tariffs on exports by developing countries to the US market. Trade and Industry...
WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Philippines and the United States intend to strengthen their alliance under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). (Photo courtesy of PCO) US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III and Department of National Defense Senior Undersecretary Carlito Galvez, Jr....
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople has stressed the need to establish a humanitarian corridor in Sudan to safely and promptly evacuate affected Filipinos. She welcomed the news that the United Nations "will be stepping in soon" amid calls for the UN to establish a...
WASHINGTON, D.C .—Some employers in the United States and Saudi Arabia have signified their intention to hire overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the ongoing hostilities in Sudan. (Photo courtesy of OWWA) Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople said in a press briefing on Wednesday, May...
WASHINGTON, D.C. —United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. that the US will always back the Philippines in the South China Sea and elsewhere. (Photo courtesy of PCO) During their meeting at the Pentagon on Wednesday, May 3 (Washington time),...
