MANILA, Philippines — Several parts of the country will experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms on Monday brought by an Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), the weather bureau said. In its daily weather forecast, the…
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday night warned that the Philippines would be in trouble if Vice President Leni Robredo became the president. “Oh ma’am, if you are President of the Philippines, we’re dead. You…
MANILA, Philippines — Residents in Cagayan Valley region and Aurora province should brace themselves for a rainy Tuesday, as “Liwayway” has intensified into a tropical storm, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).…
NEW YORK — Former state Sen. Bill Larkin, a World War II veteran who saw combat in the Philippines, died Saturday. He was 91. His family announced the death Sunday, calling Larkin a “dedicated public servant, soldier…
MANILA, Philippines — It’s a first in the Philippine judicial system. Two inmates will be tried on Sept. 2 without leaving jail, thanks to videoconferencing technology. One is facing frustrated murder charges since 2013 while another is…
CEBU CITY –– Only 12 out of the thousands of cities and municipalities in the Philippines complied with a national government memorandum to enact local speed limit ordinances in their areas of jurisdiction, a non-government organization said.…
CEBU CITY—At least P105.7 billion is lost to fatal road crashes in the country every year, data presented by a civil society organization revealed. Lawyer Natasha Daphne Marcelo of ImagineLaw said the figure was taken from the…
MANILA, Philippines – The government plans to convert the Overseas Filipino (OF) Bank into the country’s first digital lender by mid-2020 to serve 10 million Filipinos living and working overseas. “We’re working to transform it into a…
The extraordinarily eloquent Vietnamese-American author had included a scene set in the Philippines in his novel ‘The Sympathizer’ that recalled the shooting of Coppola’s war movie, ‘Apocalypse Now’ Viet Thanh Nguyen was finally in the Philippines. Nguyen,…
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Risa Hontiveros has slammed as “insensitive” Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi’s remark dismissing as “unintentional” the ramming of a Filipino boat by a Chinese vessel at Recto (Reed) Bank in the West Philippine…
The continued delay in petroleum exploration amid an anticipated decline in Philippine output of oil and gas is driving the country to even greater reliance on imports, according to a unit of Fitch Group. “The Philippines’ oil…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines- BRP Salvador Abcede (PC 114) of the Naval Forces Central’s (NFC) provided transportation to the image of the Sto. Niño and pilgrims during the 498th commemoration of the First Easter Mass in the country held…
