Vendors selling heart-shaped balloons wait for customers on Valentine’s Day at a flower market in Manila on February 14, 2020. (AFP / Ted Aljibe) MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos want both practical and romantic gifts for Valentine’s Day, with money topping the list, according to a survey by the Social Weather …
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PCG patrol in Bajo de Masinloc detects 8 Chinese vessels
This frame grab from handout video taken on Feb. 8, 2024 and released by the Philippine Coast guard (PCG) on February 11, shows a Chinese coast guard vessel (front R) blocking and sailing past Philippine coast guard ship BRP Teresa Magbanua (back L) near Scarborough Shoal, in the disputed South …
Read More »NDRRMC: P738M infrastructure damage in Mindanao floods, landslides
In this handout photo from the Eastern Mindanao Command, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) taken on February 7, 2024 and received on February 8, 2024, shows responders conduct search and rescue operations in Maco, Davao de Oro. (Handout / Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Eastern Mindanao Command) MANILA, Philippines …
Read More »DND warns China for ‘provocative rhetoric’
Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (below, third from right) visits the northern frontier’s maritime defense outpost in Mavulis Island in Itbayat, Batanes on Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines) The Department of National Defense (DND) has cautioned China for issuing “provocative rhetoric” …
Read More »PBBM: Bagong Pilipinas ‘incomplete’ without progressive BARMM
BANGSAMORO DEVELOPMENT. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. leads the 17th meeting of the national and Bangsamoro governments’ Intergovernmental Relations Body (IGRB) at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on Thursday (Feb. 8, 2024). In his speech, Marcos vowed to pursue “genuine” peace and progress for the Bangsamoro region. (Screenshot …
Read More »Improved, tailored PH power grid will enhance accessibility, says AboitizPower CEO
AboitizPower President and CEO Emmanuel Rubio (rightmost) participates in a panel held in Tokyo, Japan about Asia’s energy transition through the Asian Zero Emission Community. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of the Government of Japan. Managing the complexities of Philippine geography and its socio-economic …
Read More »Mindanao secession to have social costs — NEDA
The National Economic Development and Authority warned an independent Mindanao republic would have “social costs” on top of the economic implications of such a secession push. “More than the economic cost it’s the social cost,” NEDA Undersecretary Rosemarie Edillon said in a news forum yesterday. “The cost of doing business …
Read More »Canadian dev’t aid to PH totals P1.1-B
MANILA – Canada has approved a total of CAD28.15 million or approximately PHP1.1 billion in development assistance to support the Philippines’ health care, disaster resilience, and climate adaptation efforts, the Canadian Embassy in Manila announced Saturday. The funding includes a new CAD12.5 million commitment for disaster resilience on top of the …
Read More »House lauds PBBM’s Cha-cha support, Zubiri sees ‘PI’ dead
Legislators led by Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Friday welcomed the declaration by President Marcos of his full support for the House advocacy of amending the Constitution’s “restrictive” economic provisions. “I think our push for economic reform in the Charter, which the Senate has always ignored and …
Read More »Day of miracles: Infant, girl rescued in Masara
DILIGENT SEARCH. Teams from the Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao through the PCG Station Davao de Oro join other rescuers in searching for survivors of the landslide in Brgy. Masara, Maco town on Friday. PCG and AFP photos But 89 still missing after landslide as death toll up to 27 A …
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