Philippine News

A jeepney driver conducts maintenance work on a cooperative-owned passenger jeepney in Quezon City on December 27, 2023. (The STAR / Jesse Bustos)  MANILA, Philippines — Unconsolidated jeepney, UV Express and Filcab units will still be allowed to ply their routes even after the December 31 deadline — however, they …

Labor attaché Melchor Dizon said 3,000 stranded OFWs can now enter Hong Kong, with its government ready to lift the travel ban on the Philippines. (STAR / Edd Gumban, file)  MANILA, Philippines — Thousands of Filipino migrant workers in Taiwan and Hong Kong will enjoy salary increases starting in 2024 …

CRACKDOWN. Two police officers from the Manila Police District (MPD) Station 11, inspect and confiscate illegal firecrackers at some firecracker stalls along Tabora Street in Divisoria, Manila on Dec. 27, 2022. Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines president and Quirino Governor Dax Cua on Thursday (Dec. 28) urged his fellow …

This undated photo was taken at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. (Philstar.com / Anjilica Anda)  MANILA, Philippines —  The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has received four proposals for the P170.6-billion privatization of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Bidders Manila International Airport Consortium (MIAC), Asian Airport Consortium, GMR Airports Consortium …

The Philippines is not provoking any conflict in the South China Sea, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Tuesday, in response to Beijing’s accusation that Manila is repeatedly encroaching on Chinese territory.   “The Philippines is not provoking conflict. We follow international law and we are only implementing …

JOB CREATION. Applicants try their luck at a job fair organized by the Pasay Employment Services Office on June 30, 2023. Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) president Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. on Wednesday (Dec. 27, 2023) said several business groups are collaborating to generate over a million new jobs in 2024. (PNA …

CARPENTRY.  At least 100 military personnel and their dependents from geographically isolated and conflict-affected areas will be trained in January next year.  The project is a training-to-work program aimed at alleviating poverty, said Philippine Army 702nd Infantry Brigade commander, Brig. General Gulliver Señires on Wednesday (Dec. 27, 2023). (PNA file photo) MALASIQUI, …

OIL EXPLORATION MAP. This map from the Department of Energy shows the sites of the country’s Petroleum Service Contracts and Pre-Determined Areas, especially a dense area surrounding Recto Bank off Palawan in the West Philippine Sea (photo below) that holds rich oil and gas reserves. DOE Photos Marcos says despite …

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. arrived from his trip to Davos in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum on January 21, 2023. (Facebook / Bongbong Marcos)  MANILA, Philippines — A budget amounting to P1.408 billion has been allocated for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s domestic and international travels in the coming …

MB File Photo/Mark Balmores  Marcos said “it is fitting” to give honor to former police officers who have shown exemplary service and dedication in serving provinces and municipalities where they were assigned. Through Proclamation No. 429, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Dec. 20, Marcos named the donated lot …