LPA approaching Philippines
A LOW pressure area (LPA) that could enter the country on Monday and two typhoons outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) are being...
Cotabato passes energy audit
KIDAPAWAN CITY — The provincial government of Cotabato posted a 98% efficiency rating in a recent electricity conservation survey by the Department of Energy...
Philippine bomb warnings ‘most likely a hoax’ — aviation police
An anonymous warning that bombs could go off on planes headed out of the airport in the Philippine capital Manila was "most likely a...
Philippines puts 42 airports on heightened alert following bomb warnings
The Philippines has placed 42 airports on heightened alert following a series of warnings that bombs could be set off on planes, its civil...
China tries to block Manila’s resupply mission at shoal, says it’s trespassing
THE CHINESE Coast Guard again tried to block a mission by four Philippine ships to resupply troops at a disputed South China Sea atoll on...
Philippines to allot P3 billion to develop islands in South China Sea
By Beatriz Marie D. Cruz, Reporter
Philippine lawmakers will allot P3 billion to develop islands in the South China Sea, Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez...
VP told: Education chief must be a teacher, not a soldier
A VETERAN congressman on Thursday put Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio to task for calling critics of her multimillion-peso confidential funds enemies of the state, saying these...
Bill eyes shelters for Filipino fishermen in disputed waterway
A PHILIPPINE congressman has filed a bill that seeks to set up fishing shelters in the South China Sea amid worsening tensions with China.
The shelters...
Trial court asked to stop Taguig from ‘seizing’ Makati properties
MAKATI CITY Mayor Marlen Abigail Binay-Campos has asked a Taguig regional trial court (RTC) to temporarily bar the Taguig City government from taking possession of disputed properties to allow the Makati City government to resume its delivery of basic services to these areas.
Basilan: 14 bolted Abu Sayyaf
COTABATO CITY — Fourteen more members of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group in Basilan surrendered on Wednesday and pledged allegiance to the government, Governor...
Marcos orders coconut planting
THE PRESIDENT has ordered the crafting of a comprehensive development and rehabilitation plan for the coconut industry, calling on the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)...
Typhoon Jenny leaves Philippines
TYPHOON JENNY (international name: “Koinu”) has slightly weakened as it left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Thursday, according to the state-run Philippine...