Philippine News

President Marcos underscored the role of the United States in the Philippines’ post-pandemic recovery, citing it as the country’s fourth largest source of foreign direct investments (FDIs) and one of its biggest export destinations. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. attends the Philippine-US Business Forum in Washington D.C on Friday, April …

SERVICE EXPANSION. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (2nd from right) meets with the executives of Google on the sidelines of his working state visit to Washington DC on Friday (April 12, 2024, Manila time). During the meeting, Google’s Global Vice President on Government Affairs and Public Policy Karan Bhatia (3rd from …

Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. ordered the arrest of a distant relative for allegedly being involved in colorum activities.  The Internal Security Group, along with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Transportation, led an entrapment operation on Araneta Avenue in Cubao, Quezon City, which resulted in …

One of the four discrete phreatic or steam-driven eruption events, observed between 9:45 a.m. and 3:22 p.m. through the Taal Volcano Network (TVN) at the VTMC (Main Crater) observation station on April 12, 2024./Phivolcs  MANILA, Philippines — Taal Volcano in Batangas exhibited increased volcanic activity with five phreatic eruptions occurring …

Nellie E. Brown Elementary school in Olongapo City (Philstar.com / Jan Milo Severo)  MANILA, Philippines — Public schools in the country are usually named after the places where these schools are located, local heroes — or even after the schools’ patrons and local politicians who commissioned them. But a certain …

MALARIA MOSQUITO. Malaria cases nationwide increased by 90 percent in 2023, according to Department of Health – Disease Intervention and Prevention Bureau medical officer Kim Patrick Tejano during a press briefing on Friday (April 12, 2024). Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites transmitted through bites of infected female Anopheles …

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 11: U.S. President Joe Biden (C) holds a trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos (L) in the East Room of the White House on April 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. Leaders from the three nations are meeting in …

WARM WELCOME. President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. is welcomed upon arrival at Washington D.C for his trilateral summit with US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. With him are Ambassador Babes Romualdez and US Ambassador Mary Kay L. Carlson. PCO  The Philippines is poised to receive a …

After some transport groups declared that they will continue operating routes without consolidation after the April 30 deadline, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said on Friday, April 12, that jeepney operators must understand that their franchises are privileges granted by the government, not inherent rights. In an …

Former president Rodrigo Duterte holds a press conference streamed on SMNI’s ‘Gikan sa Masa, para sa Masa’ on Thursday night. MANILA, Philippines — After President Marcos said he was “horrified” by a secret deal on the West Philippine Sea (WPS), former president Rodrigo Duterte has broken his silence on the …