Philippine News

At a Glance The delegates from both countries emphasized the centrality of energy security, decarbonization, and collaboration among nations amid rising energy demands. The discussion reinforced the role of energy cooperation in strengthening the US-Philippines partnership. Both countries reaffirmed the importance of nuclear energy as a key contributor to energy …

THE government has set a target to increase the number of direct jobs to more than 2 million by 2028, the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) said. The proposed actions and recommendations that could help create more employment opportunities for Filipinos were discussed during the meeting of PSAC’s Job Sector …

CHIEF Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile over the weekend defended President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on his frequent travels abroad, saying foreign trips “serve a purpose” in pushing the country’s best interests. “The President would travel everyday if he could,” the former Senate leader said in a radio interview …

THE National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) has named the Quezon Memorial Shrine as a national cultural treasure as the country celebrates the 145th birth anniversary of former President Manuel Luis Quezon. A staff of the Quezon City Memorial Circle installs Philippine flags around the Quezon Memorial Shrine on Friday, …

The Philippine Consulate General described Saturday the difficulty in identifying the people who died in the wildfires that ripped through the island of Maui in Hawaii. Consul General Emil Fernandez said authorities had to get DNA samples from people who said their relatives were still missing from the fires. “A …

Analyst: China ships down to 19 from 32 during water-cannon incident at Ayungin A former US Air Force colonel and a security analyst said he is tracking 19 Chinese militia ships swarming the waters off Mischief Reef and Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. Raymond Powell, director of SeaLight …

At a Glance The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced Saturday, August 19, that it will hold another rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), Palawan. This will take place after the botched August 5 operation where Chinese vessels fired …

A 79-year-old Filipino was among the over 100 fatalities in the wildfires that struck Maui in Hawaii, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said the fatality was identified as Alfredo Galinato, a naturalized US citizen originally from Ilocos. “The DFA confirms …

OFFICIALS of a town in Palawan have declared Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian persona non grata amid the ongoing dispute at the West Philippines Sea between Manila and Beijing. The manifestation is contained in Resolution 125-015 adopted on Aug. 3, 2023 by the Sangguniang Bayan of Kalayaan Municipality. …

FILIPINOS in northern and western Canada are being urged to contact their consulates after wildfires struck in two different areas. The first advisory issued by the Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver on its Facebook page on Saturday was on the wildfires at the Northwest Territories, where their territorial government declared …