A jeepeney driver raises a clinched fist during a rally to coincide with their transport strike in Caloocan City, suburban Manila on March 6, 2023. Operators of traditional public jeepneys are holding a weeklong strike in various cities across the Philippines from March 6 to 12, 2023 to protest against …
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Comelec hopeful to register at least 3M voters by Sept. 30
(PNA photo by Robinson Niñal Jr.) MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hopeful to at least meet its projected number of voter applicants for the 2025 midterm elections. Comelec chair George Garcia said Saturday that they are 700,000 away from their targeted three million voters. The deadline for registration …
Read More »PH, France to begin VFA talks in May
FIRE DRILL. US Army soldiers prepare artillery ammunition during a live-fire exercise under the Salaknib 2024 exercise at Fort Magsaysay, Palayan City in Nueva Ecija. Salaknib is an annual Philippine Army-led, U.S. Army Pacific-sponsored bilateral exercise designed to enhance the U.S. and Philippine Army capacity and interoperability. Danny Pata The …
Read More »‘No law violated in cops coordinating with ICC’
Building of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands./Wikimedia Commons MANILA, Philippines — No law was violated when police officers communicated with representatives of the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigating the drug war launched by former president Rodrigo Duterte, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV maintained yesterday. Trillanes said ICC …
Read More »Senate panel to investigate cause of power outages
The Senate Energy Committee will start on May 6 its investigation into the alarming unstable power supply that is causing massive brownouts in several parts of the country. Committee chairperson Senator Raffy Tulfo cited the declaration of red and yellow alerts in the Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao grids by the …
Read More »Hottest day (again) in Metro at 38.2 Celsius
Red and orange hues paint the skies of Parañaque during sunset as seen from The Philippine STAR Office in San Dionisio today, April 26, 2024, marking the last Friday of the month. (Jesse Bustos / The Philippine STAR) MANILA, Philippines — Temperatures reached a scorching 38.2 degrees Celsius in Metro …
Read More »PBBM vows to bring more investments for Cebu infra projects
President Marcos on Saturday, April 27, promised to bring in more investments and funding for infrastructure projects in Cebu to solidify its’ and Lapu-Lapu City’s status as the leading driver of economic growth and prosperity in the country. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office) He …
Read More »LGUs join efforts to uphold PH sovereignty over West Philippine Sea
Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. at the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City on April 27, 2024 (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA – Thirty-four local government units (LGUs) have expressed support in upholding Philippine sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) amid China’s …
Read More »West Philippine Sea conflict: PH, US agree to collaborate on fighting China’s ‘information manipulation’
Philippine Ambassador to United States Jose Manuel Romualdez speaks to visiting Filipino reporters in Washington, D.C., USA on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) WASHINGTON D.C., United States – The Philippines and United States have agreed to work together to counter China’s alleged manipulation of information …
Read More »Philippines, France, US warships set sail for West Philippine Sea
This photo taken on Feb. 16, 2024 shows Filipino fishermen aboard their wooden boats (middle L and 2nd L) and Philippine Fisheries and Aquatic Resources personnel aboard their rigid hull inflatable boat (foreground C) sailing past a Chinese coast guard ship (top) near the China-controlled Scarborough Shoal, in disputed waters …
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