Philippine News

A note containing a bomb threat delayed 12 domestic flights at the Bicol International Airport on Monday, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said.  The lavatory where a note containing a bomb threat was found. Meanwhile, hundreds of passengers were ordered to disembark and taken to the terminal …

Importation in recent years has led to huge opportunity losses for the local poultry industry, as the Department of Agriculture (DA) aims to reverse these losses and give the country better food security, an official said over the weekend. At the recent Poultry Forum 2023, Agriculture Undersecretary Deogracias Victor B. …

Diokno: Data on harvest, supply to guide PBBM decision in meet A sufficient supply of rice and a good harvest may lead the President to lift the price ceiling on regular and well-milled rice soon, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said over the weekend. “We will meet next week to assess …

An estimated 850,000 of customers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) were affected by the automated load dropping due to the tripping of a 500 kilovolt transmission line at 6:45 pm Sunday. Other areas affected included provinces in Luzon, including Metro Manila, Cagayan, Kalinga, Apayao, Laguna, Quezon, Batangas, Camarines Norte. ALD …

Washington—China is spending billions of dollars globally to spread disinformation and threatening to cause a “sharp contraction” in freedom of speech around the world, warned a US State Department report published Thursday. China’s “global information manipulation is not simply a matter of public diplomacy—but a challenge to the integrity of …

CHINA, through its foreign ministry, on Sunday claimed that it was the United States that “invented” how to weaponize the global information space. The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the remark in reaction to the US State Department report claiming that China invested billions of dollars to …

Satellite imagery shows that between 2012 to 2016, more than 500 hectares of the Scarborough Shoal had been destroyed by Chinese activities in the West Philippine Sea, a state university professor said in a forum organized by the Stratbase ADR Institute. “Massive coral destruction in the West Philippine Sea has …

Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro on Saturday expressed his intention to revise the current reserve forces paradigm structure of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). In a radio dzBB report, Teodoro said the AFP’s current design might not be able to withstand the looming threats against the country. With the …

At a Glance ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo and Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza have decided to join forces in order to achieve their common goal of protecting solo parents and their children, as well as holding “deadbeat” parents accountable. ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (left) and Northern …

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has designated Justice Juliet Manalo-San Gaspar as his first appointee in the Sandiganbayan. Manalo-San Gaspar, whose appointment was announced by Malacañang on Friday, took her oath as newly appointed associate justice of the anti-graft court before Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo at the Supreme Court En Banc …