PH Navy acquires supersonic missiles from India

Dexter Cabalza 01/29/2022

The Philippines and India signed on Friday a $374.9-million (P18.9 billion) deal to equip the Philippine Navy with three batteries of the fastest antiship cruise missiles in the world. “Equipping our Navy with this vital asset is…

PH Navy acquires cruise missiles from India for $374M

Dexter Cabalza 01/16/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The government has awarded a $374-million (P19 billion) contract to India to equip the Philippine Navy with the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missiles. In a Facebook post on Friday, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said…

Kids aged 5 to 11 to be vaccinated in February

Dexter Cabalza 01/15/2022

Children aged five to 11 years old can get vaccinated against COVID-19 in the first week of February, according to vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. He said a “mini rollout” would be conducted from Feb. 1…

‘Odette’ cuts deadly swathe across Visayas-Mindanao

Dexter Cabalza 12/18/2021

The most powerful typhoon to hit the country this year left at least 19 people dead and many areas in Mindanao and the Visayas under muddy floodwaters on Friday, but officials were grateful that early preparations had…

DepEd to expand in-person classes

Dexter Cabalza 12/11/2021

The Department of Education (DepEd) will push through with its plan to expand the scope of limited in-person classes in January, despite the threat of the Omicron variant. “As far as policy level is concerned, there is…

Complacency under alert level 2 worries DOH

Dexter Cabalza, Kathleen de Villa, Leila B. Salaverria 11/07/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) warns that active COVID-19 cases in the country may shoot up again in December if Filipinos will let their guard down and become complacent in observing health protocols, now…

CHEd: Jabs not required for in-person college classes

Dexter Cabalza, Leila B. Salaverria 10/23/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Being vaccinated is not a requirement for students attending limited in-person classes in colleges and universities, according to Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) chair Prospero de Vera III. De Vera made the clarification in a…

DOH counts on private sector to speed up vaccine rollout

Dexter Cabalza, Leila B. Salaverria 05/23/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) aims to ramp up vaccination efforts against COVID-19 with the help of the private sector, which will put up its own jab sites and deploy health workers, Undersecretary Maria…

Duterte will talk to Beijing envoy about West Philippine Sea incursion – Palace

Dexter Cabalza, Leila B. Salaverria 03/24/2021

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte plans to talk to the Chinese ambassador about China’s latest incursion in the West Philippine Sea, Malacañang said on Tuesday, after Manila filed a diplomatic protest over the presence of more…

DILG eyes unified travel regulations nationwide

Dexter Cabalza 02/21/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Easing quarantine restrictions starting March would deal with the confusion caused by different travel restrictions imposed by local governments across the country and hasten economic activity, the Department of the Interior and Local Government…

PH company wants to build bigger Navy ships to patrol seas

Dexter Cabalza 01/18/2021

A local shipbuilder is considering building bigger vessels for territorial defense and patrolling of the country’s waters in the near future. Propmech Corp. said it was “definitely interested” to work with the government to develop larger naval…

DILG extends road clearing deadline to Jan. 22

Dexter Cabalza 01/16/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has extended by one week the deadline to clear roads across the country of obstructions, following the request of local governments. Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya, spokesperson…

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