Philippine News

At least 200,000 public utility vehicles will join the three-day transport strike starting July 24, the day of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s second State of the Nation Address, a transport group said Friday. Manibela chairman Mar Valbuena said the strike will be held in nine regions across the country, including …

THE Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is set to convene the National El Niño Team to ensure harmonized implementation of efforts to address the possible impacts of the El Niño phenomenon. The National El Niño Team will be convened on July 19 in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City during a …

China on Wednesday accused the United States of masterminding efforts to rally countries against Beijing and instead support the 2016 decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration that invalidated its expansive claims to the South China Sea and upheld Manila’s exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea. In a …

South Korea was instrumental in the completion of the Samar Pacific Coastal Road (SPCR) project, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) To show his appreciation, Marcos dedicated half of his speech during the inauguration of the 11.6-kilometer (km) coastal road in Northern Samar …

THE China Coast Guard (CCG) 5901, considered the world’s largest, has joined other Chinese vessels in an area off Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal that is within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ). According to United States-based national security expert Ray Powell, CCG 5901, nicknamed “the monster” due to its size, …

SEN. Ana Theresia “Risa” Hontiveros said on Friday that by ignoring the growing consensus coalescing around the Philippine victory in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) arbitral ruling, the Chinese government further isolates itself from the international community. SEN. Ana Theresia ‘Risa’ Hontiveros  “The world has spoken: the territorial claims embodied …

FOR EASE OF BIZ. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. explains his Executive Order No. 18, ‘Constituting Green Lanes for Strategic Investments,’ in launching the ease of business measure Thursday at Hotel Sofitel. Revoli Cortez  President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday stressed the need for reforms to streamline the process of investing …

Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra on Thursday said the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor could proceed with an indictment of certain individuals if there is sufficient evidence. This was predicated, however, on the possibility that the appeals of the Philippines against a resumption of the ICC drug war probe are dismissed, Guevarra …

The Supreme Court has junked three petitions seeking to declare as unconstitutional the various issuances on the COVID-19 pandemic by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF), local government units, and other government agencies. In a resolution adopted during the SC’s en banc session on …

THE Department of Health (DoH) emphasizes “the critical imperative of vaccination and booster doses as they remain the foremost line of defense against the Covid-19 virus.” This was the reaction of the DoH after the Supreme Court junked all the petitions that questioned the constitutionality of the pandemic regulations. A …