Senator Imee Marcos sided with Vice President Sara Duterte on the hot topic of peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). The presidential sister agreed with the Vice President's objections to President Marcos’ decision to resume the peace talks with...
Malacañang announced on Wednesday, Dec. 6, the appointment of former Transportation Undersecretary Cesar Chavez to the Office of the President (OP) as the Presidential Assistant for Strategic Communications. New Presidential Assistant for Strategic Communications Undersecretary Cesar...
President Marcos on Wednesday, Dec. 6, emphasized the need for a “whole-of-government approach” to address the high congestion rates in the country’s prison facilities. In his address to participants in the first ever National Jail Decongestion Summit at the Diamond Hotel in Manila, the...
CEBU CITY – A Smart Heritage City that will serve as a model of sustainable development. This is the vision for Dapitan City that Mayor Seth Frederick “Bullet” Jalosjos conveyed during his State-of-the-City Address (SOCA) at the New Government Center in Dapitan on Friday, December 1. DAPITAN...
Physicists at the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) have introduced "network science" to help with faster and more efficient relief operations in the aftermath of typhoons in the country. A model of Visayas’ transport network system, showing connections between major roads (red lines),...
PARIS (AFP) -- Germany and the Netherlands booked their places at the Women's Nations League finals, where they will also fight for spots at the 2024 Olympic Games, but there was heartbreak for England who miss out despite beating Scotland 6-0 on Tuesday, Dec. 5. The Germans drew 0-0 in Wales but...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Jesus multiplies bread and feeds the hungry multitude “on the mountain.” There are no mountains around the Sea of Galilee, high places like Mt. Sinai, the mountain of God, or Mt. Tabor, the mountain of the transfiguration. The high places are rather hills. The place of the...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Yes, there are Filipinos who are officially “knights.” They have been given the privilege of sporting the title of “sir” before their names and they did not even have to kneel before the King of England to be entitled to it. In a country like ours where honorific titles...
Sen. Francis Tolentino highlighted how the passage of the Philippine Maritime Zones Act will improve the country’s maritime governance. Sen. Francis Tolentino, chairperson of the Senate Special Committee on Philippine Maritime and Admiralty Zones, welcomes questions from colleagues as he defends...
Government debt swelled in October even as the peso's depreciation against the US dollar provided some relief, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. The government's outstanding debt as of end-November stood at P14.48 trillion, an increase of P212.13 billion compared to the September figure...
Honorary Consulate General of Romania Consul Sergio R. Ortiz-Luis Jr., DFA Usec. for Civilian Security and Consular Affairs Jesus Domingo, Embassy of Romania Ambassador H.E. Răduţa Dana Matache, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps. Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles John Brown, and Romania Honorary Consul...
Recipients of aid from the European Union's welfare programs in the Philippines The European Union (EU) has made available €300,000 (over P18 million) in response to widespread flooding, which has wreaked havoc across many parts of the Philippines since mid-November. This humanitarian aid will...
