MANILA – Former cadres confirmed that the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) participates and intervenes during election campaigns.... Read full article
MANILA – The Philippine Army (PA) and the US Army Pacific (USARPAC) formally started the 20-day "Salaknib" Exercise that aims to deepen interoperability between the two armies at the 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) headquarters in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva... Read full article
MANILA – The Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) will kickstart its refreshed motorcycle tourism program next month, picking up the pace amid the pandemic to regain the public's confidence to travel again.... Read full article
MANILA – The Department of Finance (DOF) is now finetuning a proposed arrangement with the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) and National Power Corp. (NPC) on the funding rollout and implementation of the estimated PH... Read full article
MANILA – The Philippines’ main equities index finished the year’s first trading day up ahead of the release of several major economic reports in the US, and the peso ended sideways against the US dollar.... Read full article
MANILA – The Philippines is expecting to receive the first batch of government-procured one million doses of the one-shot Sputnik Light Covid-19 vaccine this month and another 190,000 doses of Sputnik V (Component 2)...... Read full article
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte said one thing that will make him happy before he steps down from office is to see that majority of the Filipino population gets protection against Covid-19.... Read full article
KABACAN, North Cotabato - A new PHP17-million district jail facility that could accommodate 150 inmates from four adjoining towns has been opened here, the provincial government announced Thursday.... Read full article
MANILA – The city government of Manila will launch its drive-through vaccination site specifically for booster shots against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) at the Quirino Grandstand in Luneta on Thursday.... Read full article
ANKARA – Droughts may affect more than three-quarters of the world’s population by 2050, the UN said Friday as World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is observed.... Read full article