PH wins first ‘Asia’s Best Cruise Destination’ award

Luisa Cabato 10/16/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines bagged its first-ever “Asia’s Best Cruise Destination” award from the prestigious World Cruise Awards, the Department of Tourism (DOT) announced on Monday. DOT Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco thanked the award-giving body, noting…

Grave threat complaint eyed vs ex-president Rodrigo Duterte

Luisa Cabato 10/15/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Rep. France Castro of the ACT Teachers party-list said that the Makabayan bloc is contemplating the filing of a grave threat complaint against former President Rodrigo Duterte. This is after he threatened Castro’s life in relation to…

‘Walang Gutom 2027: Food Stamp Program’ declared major gov’t project

Luisa Cabato 10/15/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang issued an executive order declaring the “Walang Gutom 2027: Food Stamp Program” as a flagship program of the national government. Executive Order (EO) No. 44, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on October…

Website of House of Representatives attacked by hackers

Luisa Cabato 10/15/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Another Philippine government website has been defaced by hackers. The website of the House of Representatives was vandalized before noon Sunday, Oct. 15, by a group calling itself “3MUSKETEERZ.” A troll face meme with…

Use excess RCEF fund to aid rice farmers — Bongbong Marcos

Luisa Cabato 10/08/2023

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ordered the Department of Agriculture (DA) to utilize the excess Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) fund to help farmers. Marcos issued the directive during his recent meeting with the…

LTO: Plastic driver’s license cards out now; schedule of renewal announced

Luisa Cabato 10/05/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Land Transportation Office (LTO) can now issue plastic driver’s license cards to holders of expired and paper-printed licenses. LTO Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II made the announcement in a press briefing on Thursday. “Mayroon…

Student in Antipolo dies days after being ‘slapped’ by teacher

Luisa Cabato 10/03/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A Grade 5 student in Antipolo City died on Monday, October 2, 2023, 11 days after his teacher allegedly pulled his hair and slapped him in school. Elena Minggoy said her 14-year-old son Francis…

Romualdez: Gov’t, oil firm execs to find solutions to rising petroleum products

Luisa Cabato 09/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez vowed to propose solutions that will help solve the country’s problem with oil price hikes in a scheduled consultative meeting with big oil players on Monday. In a statement…

DepEd issues list of schools that will pilot test ‘Matatag’ curriculum

Luisa Cabato 09/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) released on Sunday, Sept. 17, the official list of participating schools for the pilot implementation of the “Matatag” curriculum. DepEd said that there are five schools each from the…

2023 Bar exam results likely out by early December – SC justice

Luisa Cabato 09/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday said the results of the 2023 Bar examinations might be released in early December or before Christmas Day. SC Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando, chair of this year’s…

‘We are not in a rice emergency,’ says DTI’s Pascual

Luisa Cabato 09/11/2023

MANILA, Philippines – “I think we are not in a rice emergency, so to speak.” Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo Pascual assessed the rice situation, mentioning, “I don’t think the situation is getting worse,…

Philippines is ‘Asia’s Leading Dive Destination’ again, says DOT

Luisa Cabato 09/07/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines was named “Asia’s Leading Dive Destination” for the fifth consecutive year at the World Travel Awards (WTA) Asia & Oceania Gala Ceremony 2023 held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on September…

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