2 Filipinos tagged in Japan murders
TWO FILIPINOS who had been arrested for abandoning corpses in Japan are now being investigated for killing a married couple in Tokyo last month,...
Women workers bat for ILO C190
WOMEN’S labor groups are calling for the immediate implementation of the International Labour Organization’s Convention No. 190 (ILO C190) to promote safety for women...
Speaker cites bigger cancer benefit
AS THE FOURTEENFOLD increase in Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) breast cancer benefits package takes effect this month, Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez stressed...
President’s visit to Basilan encourages business groups
COTABATO CITY — Business groups said on Sunday that President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s visit in Basilan, a former bastion of the Abu Sayyaf...
Early warning systems, digital approach needed for cities’ climate resilience
LOCAL government units (LGUs) and tech companies are one in supporting disaster early warning systems and digital approaches to climate-related hazards in order for...
Marcos promises to defend Philippine sovereignty amid rising China tension
PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. told the Australian parliament on Thursday he would not allow any foreign power to take “one square inch” of the country’s territory, and that Manila was firm in defending its sovereignty.
Marcos urged by Aussie senators to stop human rights violations in PHL
AUSTRALIAN senators on Thursday hit President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. for continued human rights violations in the Philippines.
Manila cites strict gun control law ahead of elections
THE PHILIPPINES is enforcing a strict gun licensing system, Trade officials told the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday, amid expectations of an uptick in...
Measures to deter misuse of PS-DBM sought
IF THE Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (PS-DBM) is not to be abolished, then Congress must come up with ways to stop agencies from using it as a “parking lot” of their unused funds, Senator Maria Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos said on Thursday.
Rushing Charter change opposed
LAWMAKERS from the Makabayan bloc said on Thursday that Congress should not be rushing amendments to the 1987 Constitution for the sake of having...
Groups decry rights violations
VIOLATIONS of international humanitarian law (IHL) by Philippine state forces allegedly happened recently in Negros Occidental, Bohol and Panay Island, adversely affecting over 300...
Lawmaker questions nat’l ID woes
THE PHILIPPINES still does not have a working national ID system six years after it was enacted, a lawmaker pointed out on Thursday as...