MANILA: The low pressure area (LPA) east of Surigao del Sur has developed into Tropical Depression Kabayan on Sunday, prompting the weather bureau to raise Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1 over several areas in Visayas and Mindanao.
In its …
MANILA: The Philippines is eyeing partnerships with Japan and other countries to increase its share in the global creative industries market, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Sunday.
In his speech during the Creative and Sustainable Economy …
MANILA: The center of Tropical Depression Kabayan was estimated based on all available data at 385 kilometers (km) east of Davao City or 315 km east southeast of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur as of the 5 p.m. bulletin of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophy…
MANILA: The Philippine National Games (PNG) and Batang Pinoy (BP) National Championships will kick off Monday with 18,000 athletes from 193 local government units participating in various sports.
The athletics events will be held at PhilSports in Pas…
MANILA: The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested a total of 73 persons wanted for various crimes during operations on Dec. 4 to 10.
Twenty-five were listed as Most Wanted Persons and 48 were “other wanted” persons, according to a press release…
ROME: A Vatican court has sentenced Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a former adviser to Pope Francis, to five and a half years of imprisonment for mismanaging a property portfolio, including a luxury flat on London’s Sloane Avenue.
Becciu, the highest-rankin…
ILOILO CITY: The Western Visayas police scored their biggest accomplishment this year with the confiscation of PHP40.8 million worth of shabu and the arrest of one high-value individual in a buy-bust in Janiuay, Iloilo on Sunday.
Capt. Glen Soliman …
MANILA: The Department of Energy (DOE) is mulling a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (KHNP) that will pave the way for the conduct of a feasibility study on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP).
DOE Unde…
MANILA: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow faster in the second half of the year and further accelerate in 2024.
“Real GDP growth is expected to bounce back in the second half of 2023 and…
MANILA: The Privatization and Management Office (PMO) has remitted Php1.210 billion to the Bureau of the Treasury, the Department of Finance (DOF) said.
The amount exceeded the target by 84.6 percent and also surpassed the performance from 2018 to 20…
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Sunday stressed the importance of unity among member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) amid continued violations of international laws.
In his intervention during the 50th AS…
MANILA: A total of 193 dependents of 104 fallen police officers, firefighters and jail personnel received early Christmas gifts from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos, together with Philippin…
