1.31M vying for village polls
A DAY before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) closes all registration of candidates for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) today, it logged...
Man gone missing in river
BAGUIO CITY — Fears mounted on Sunday that a 21-year-old man swept away by strong under currents during a picnic with four of his...
3 Luzon dams release water
AMID HEAVY rains spawned by the habagat or southwest monsoon in the past days, three dams in Luzon released water on Sunday morning, data...
Philippines files protest, says China’s expansive 10-dash line map is illegal
THE PHILIPPINES has joined other nations in rejecting China’s new standard map that covers regions beyond its borders and claims most of the South China Sea, asking Beijing to respect international law.
Marcos to fly to Jakarta for 43rd ASEAN Summit
PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. will fly to Indonesia next month for the 43rd summit of Southeast Asian leaders, who are set to discuss...
Filipina wins Magsaysay Award for championing peace in Asia and world
A FILIPINA peace adviser and a former United Nations (UN) peace negotiator was among the four laureates of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Awards, considered as Asia’s Nobel Prize.
Task force suspends new travel guidelines
THE COUNTRY’S anti-trafficking task force suspended on Thursday its revised guidelines for Filipinos traveling abroad, heeding the call of senators to review the new policy which raises privacy and legal concerns, the Department of Justice (DoJ) said.
Hanna to become typhoon
SEVERE TROPICAL storm Hanna was expected to intensify into a typhoon within 12 hours while inside Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) in extreme northern...
Probe into 2022 polls sought
MINORITY lawmakers filed a resolution on Thursday, calling for an investigation into alleged anomalies in the automated system used in the 2022 elections.
House Resolution...
DA: Use bamboo vs flooding
THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture (DA) is seeking to collaborate with public works and infrastructure agencies to propagate bamboo as a flood-control device in their...
More courthouses needed
THE JUDICIARY urged Congress on Thursday to approve its requested funding for new court buildings and the repair of existing ones to solve the...
P4.5M to benefit Blaan areas
KORONADAL CITY — The municipality of Kiblawan in Davao del Sur got an additional P4.5-million grant from a mining firm for community-empowerment projects in...