Volunteers and community members unveil a 50 meter mural in oil spill ground zero, Pola, calling for the protection of people and the environment in the critically biodiverse Verde Island Passage, which Mindoro is part of. (Jilson Tiu for Center of Energy, Ecology, and Development) MANILA, Philippines — When oil …
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Elderly people sit before voting a polling station during the presidential election at an elementary school in Manila on May 9, 2022. Voting was underway in the Philippines on May 9 to elect a new president, with the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos the favourite to win the high-stakes …
Read More »DOST builds mini science center on Quezon’s Alabat Island
ANTI-GRAVITY MIRROR. One of the exhibits at the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Mini Science Centrum on Alabat Island shows the reflection of a man seemingly floating in this undated photo. The DOST, in collaboration with the Department of Education and the Quezon provincial government, has completed construction of …
Read More »PBBM to address Australia solons today, raise West PH Sea tensions
President Marcos is expected to raise the current tension in the West Philippine Sea during his two separate visits to Australia, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, citing Manila’s strategic partnership with Canberra. “Yes, we have very strong defense and security relations with Australia, they have been partners …
Read More »House to ask WHO about changes to IHR
A photo taken in the late hours of August 17, 2020 shows a sign of the World Health Organization (WHO)./AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI MANILA, Philippines — Two committees of the House of Representatives will ask the World Health Organizations (WHO) to shed light on the 307 proposed amendments to the …
Read More »Metro Manila mayors ban e-bikes, e-trikes in major NCR roads
Mayors of Metro Manila agreed on Wednesday, Feb. 28, to ban e-scooters and e-trikes on major thoroughfares in the National Capital Region (NCR) amid rampant traffic violations and accidents involving the small electric vehicles. The decision was stipulated in a resolution of the Metro Manila Council (MMC), composed of all …
Read More »VP Sara lauds anti-insurgency programs in Davao Region
ENDING ARMED CONFLICT. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers her speech during the Joint Regional Task Force-End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC-11) meeting at the Apo View Hotel in Davao City on Wednesday (Feb. 28, 2024). Duterte also leads the awarding of the National Task Force-ELCAC Gawad Parangal given to agencies for …
Read More »Ex-UN chief Ban at Senate, calls for SDG compliance
Ban Ki-Moon addresses the Senate on Tuesday. Senate PRIB Visiting former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reminded Filipinos that the target to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Change Agreement is getting closer, set in 2030 and 2050, respectively. “This is why there has never …
Read More »AFP to support law enforcement in WPS; PCG warns of ‘trolls’
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is ready to support law enforcement in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), but added Monday that it will practice maximum tolerance in “addressing challenges from foreign forces.” Meanwhile, a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) official warned of an increase in pro-China trolls and influencers …
Read More »Framer of 1987 Constitution favors economic amendments
Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Adolf Azcuna (File photo) MANILA – Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Adolf Azcuna, one of the framers of the 1987 Constitution, is in favor of amending the economic provisions of the constitution. Azcuna, who was the vice chair of the legislative committee of the Constitutional Commission that …
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