President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed Jonathan Dioso Tan as the new chairman and administrator of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), Malacañang announced on Thursday. Tan, whose appointment paper was signed by President Marcos on April 28…
The results of the screening by the five-member advisory group of the courtesy resignations of third-level police officials would be announced in two days, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. said Wednes…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Plus Three (ASEAN+3) finance ministers and central bank governors, today launched the report Reinvigorating Financing Approaches for Sustainable and Resili…
Member of the Politburo and Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba Roberto Morales paid an official visit to the Lao PDR between Apr 28-30.The Cuban Party official met with General Secretary of the Lao People’…
Indonesia, chair of ASEAN in 2023, has announced that the 42nd ASEAN Summit, set to take place on May 10-11 in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, will produce a document on a “village network” in the bloc.At the 34th Senior Officials Committee for the A…
The weather bureau issued an El Niño alert on Tuesday, saying the weather phenomenon might emerge between June and July at 80 percent probability and might persist until the first quarter of 2024. El Niño increases the likelihood of below-normal rainf…
The Court of Appeals (CTA) has granted a petition filed by a local petroleum firm questioning taxes imposed on its importation of alkylate, a component of petroleum products. In its 43-page decision dated April 27 and made public Tuesday, the tax cour…
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has reiterated that the price freeze covering most of the province will remain in effect until June 18, even while the power situation here improves. In an interview on Tuesday, a representative from the DTI’…
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on Tuesday said he will ask the Department of Agriculture (DA) and its attached agencies to give a full account of the PHP2.3 billion budget given to them from the 2023 General Appropriations Act. At the he…
Senator Francis Tolentino on Tuesday said the government is serious in fighting smuggling as he vows to find ways to strengthen the judicial system that will prosecute smugglers in the country. At the joint hearing of the Senate Committee on Justice a…
The Northern Samar provincial government has lauded the Philippine Army for its successful operation that left seven New People’s Army (NPA) combatants killed on the outskirts of Bobon, Northern Samar on Sunday. Governor Edwin Ongchuan, chair of the p…
Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) chairman Isidro Consunji said the listed company’s remittance to the government as royalties in 2022 surged by 151 percent to nearly PHP16 billion. During SMPC’s virtual annual stockholders’ meeting Tuesday, Cons…
