Oil spill at Sangali
A TEAM from the Philippine Coast Guard Sub-Station (PCGSS) Sangali and Western Mindanao Power Corp. (WMPC) recovered about 150 liters of oil spill at...
Nation at a Glance — (10/16/17)
News stories from across the nation. Visit www.bworldonline.com (section: The Nation) to read more national and regional news from the Philippines.
Aguirre to NBI: Leave anti-illegal drugs operations to PDEA
Justice Secretary Vitaliano N. Aguiire II on Friday has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to leave to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency...
Duterte accepts Bautista’s resignation
President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Friday, Oct. 13, said he may have already signed, by way of accepting, the resignation letter of Commission on Elections Chairperson Andres...
Duterte threatens ‘revolutionary government,’ arrest of ‘destabilizers’
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte in a taped interview aired Friday, Oct. 13, threatened for the first time to “declare a revolutionary government” and enforce...
Odette out of PAR Saturday afternoon, Oct. 14
THE state weather bureau, in an update on Friday, Oct. 13, 5:00 pm., said weather disturbance Odette “has intensified into severe tropical storm and...
Pulse Asia poll shows majority approval, trust for Duterte
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has managed to retain his “big majority approval and trust ratings” both at 80%, according to Pulse Asia’s latest survey...
SWS: Satisfaction for Robredo, Pimentel up, Alvarez and Sereno down
By Mario M. Banzon
THE latest survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) shows net satisfaction with Vice-President Maria Leonor G. Robredo and Senate President...
Trade chief affirms PHL-EU ties following Duterte outburst
By Rosemarie A. Zamora
FOLLOWING the tirades by President Rodrigo R. Duterte made against the European Union (EU) on Thursday Oct. 12, Trade Secretary Ramon...
Senate leader: Impeachment won’t delay priority bills
SENATE PRESIDENT Aquilino Martin L. Pimentel III said on Thursday, Oct. 12, there will be no delay in the chamber’s passage of priority bills...
Opposition senators claim e-mail hacking
MINORITY SENATORS in a statement on Thursday, Oct. 12, claimed there have been “several hacking incidents concerning the e-mail addresses of our staff from...
Army officer linked to Burgos case acquitted
MORE THAN 10 years after activist Jonas Burgos went missing after being snatched from a mall in Quezon City, an Army officer charged with...