The Manila Police District (MPD) announced on Saturday, June 10, the alternate routes for motorists on Independence Day, June 12. In an advisory released by the local government of Manila on Friday, June 9, the southbound lane of Roxas Boulevard from Katigbak Parkway to South Drive will be closed to …

TYPHOON “Chedeng” (international name: Guchol) remains far from the Philippine landmass as it starts to change its direction today, Saturday, the Philippine Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), said. “Within the day, typhoon Chedeng is forecast to move northward or north- northeastward. This would be the period where the typhoon recurves,” …

Online content creator Shan Rizwan revealed recently that he had no idea who Anne Curtis was when he interviewed her. Recall that his interview with the 38-year-old Filipina-Australian star went viral, receiving almost 30 million views only a few days after being made available. So Shan updated his followers on …

Pixar is seeking to rediscover its box office fortunes with timely immigrant fable “Elemental,” the animation studio’s first totally original new film to hit theaters since the start of the pandemic. The movie, out next Friday in the United States, is set in the fantastical Element City — where residents …

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is hitting the ground running. In the first four months of 2023, it surpassed its collection target by ₱14.319 billion. In particular, BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui Jr. cited the agency’s ₱336.02-billion collection in April, surpassing its goal for the month by ₱35.114 billion. …

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has expressed confidence that he would be able to report some progress when he delivers his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) in July. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the awarding ceremony of the Award for Promoting Philippines-China Understanding (APPCU) on Thursday, the …

GOV’T REVENUES. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman attends a press conference after the 185th meeting of the inter-agency Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) at the DOF Podium on Friday (June 9, 2023). Pangandaman said the government revenues are projected to reach PHP3.729 trillion in 2023 and PHP6.622 in 2028. (Photo from DBM FB …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has instructed Dr. Ted Herbosa to craft a COVID-19 exit plan for the country and focus on tuberculosis and HIV cases, the new Health Secretary said Thursday. Herbosa, a former Special Adviser to the National Task Force Against COVID-19, said this was among the marching orders …

Bloc’s first-ever joint exercises to focus on maritime search and rescue Southeast Asian nations have agreed to hold their first-ever joint military drills in the South China Sea, Indonesian officials said Thursday, as tensions grow over China’s increasing assertiveness in the region. “We will hold joint military drills in the …

THE provincial government of Albay has placed the entire province under a state of calamity, due to Mayon Volcano’s increasing restiveness. An announcement was made on the information office on Friday with the provincial council issuing Resolution 0607-2023, after conducting a special session that was live streamed on their Facebook …