Philippine News

Nellie E. Brown Elementary school in Olongapo City (Philstar.com / Jan Milo Severo)  MANILA, Philippines — Public schools in the country are usually named after the places where these schools are located, local heroes — or even after the schools’ patrons and local politicians who commissioned them. But a certain …

Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. ordered the arrest of a distant relative for allegedly being involved in colorum activities.  The Internal Security Group, along with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Transportation, led an entrapment operation on Araneta Avenue in Cubao, Quezon City, which resulted in …

One of the four discrete phreatic or steam-driven eruption events, observed between 9:45 a.m. and 3:22 p.m. through the Taal Volcano Network (TVN) at the VTMC (Main Crater) observation station on April 12, 2024./Phivolcs  MANILA, Philippines — Taal Volcano in Batangas exhibited increased volcanic activity with five phreatic eruptions occurring …

MALARIA MOSQUITO. Malaria cases nationwide increased by 90 percent in 2023, according to Department of Health – Disease Intervention and Prevention Bureau medical officer Kim Patrick Tejano during a press briefing on Friday (April 12, 2024). Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites transmitted through bites of infected female Anopheles …

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 11: U.S. President Joe Biden (C) holds a trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos (L) in the East Room of the White House on April 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. Leaders from the three nations are meeting in …

WARM WELCOME. President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. is welcomed upon arrival at Washington D.C for his trilateral summit with US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. With him are Ambassador Babes Romualdez and US Ambassador Mary Kay L. Carlson. PCO  The Philippines is poised to receive a …

After some transport groups declared that they will continue operating routes without consolidation after the April 30 deadline, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said on Friday, April 12, that jeepney operators must understand that their franchises are privileges granted by the government, not inherent rights. In an …

Former president Rodrigo Duterte holds a press conference streamed on SMNI’s ‘Gikan sa Masa, para sa Masa’ on Thursday night. MANILA, Philippines — After President Marcos said he was “horrified” by a secret deal on the West Philippine Sea (WPS), former president Rodrigo Duterte has broken his silence on the …

Motorists continue traversing the EDSA-Kamuning flyover in Quezon City on April 7, 2024 before it partially closes on April 25, 2024 for retrofitting that will last for 11 months. (Jesse Bustos / The Philippine STAR) MANILA, Philippines — The implementation of the modified work schedule of local government offices in …

Business confidence in the first quarter this year continued to take a hit from inflation, stiff competition and the strong El Niño bad weather but sentiments could turn more bullish in the second quarter and in the next 12 months due to company expansions and easing of price pressures on …