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(Eagle News)–The December 31 deadline for the “consolidation” of public utility vehicles (PUV) operators under the PUV Modernization Program will no longer be extended. This is according to President Bongbong Marcos, who said the decision was arrived at during a meeting with transport officials on Tuesday, Dec. 12. According to the chief executive, 70 percent of all operators “have already committed to and consolidated” under program. He said the government cannot allow further delays in […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos is slated to participate in the ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit in Tokyo this weekend. According to Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Daniel Espiritu, transnational crime and counter terrorism are expected to be discussed during the event which will gather world leaders. He said these issues have been a close standing affair especially since the September 11 terrorist attack in the US. They have also always been part of the ASEAN agenda not only with […]
MANILA, Dec 10, 2023 (AFP) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said Sunday the country was “undeterred” after confrontations between Chinese and Philippine vessels. “We remain undeterred,” Marcos said in a statement on Facebook and X platforms. “The aggression and provocations perpetrated by the China Coast Guard and their Chinese Maritime Militia against our vessels and personnel over the weekend have only further steeled our determination to defend and protect our nation’s sovereignty, sovereign rights, and […]
By Faith Brown SOUTH CHINA SEA, Dec 10, 2023 (AFP) – A convoy of civilian boats planning to deliver provisions to Filipino fishermen and troops in the disputed South China Sea aborted the trip on Sunday after “constant shadowing” by Chinese vessels, the organiser said. The “Christmas convoy”, which departed the Philippines’ western island of Palawan in the early hours of Sunday, was being led by dozens of volunteers on two boats carrying food, water […]
By Pam Castro with Jing Xuan Teng in Beijing MANILA, Dec 10, 2023 (AFP) – A Philippine boat and a Chinese Coast Guard ship collided near a hotly contested reef on Sunday, with both countries trading blame for the latest such confrontation in the disputed South China Sea. The incident happened during a Philippine resupply mission to a tiny garrison on Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, which is a flashpoint for Manila and […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines is looking to replenish the People’s Survival Fund, intended for climate adaptation projects, with the help of various donors and multilateral financing institutions, the Department of Finance said. According to Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno, among the multilateral financing institutions that could aid countries, including the Philippines, are the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which provided the country assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. He added there are also available donors through multilateral development banks […]
(Eagle News) — One of the suspects in the weekend bombing of the Mindanao State University gymnasium that killed at least four people has been arrested. The Armed Forces of the Philippines identified the nabbed suspect as Jafar Gamo Sultan alias “Jaf” and “Kurot.” AFP public affairs office chief Col. Xerxes Trinidad said the suspect, who was arrested in an operation in Barangay Dulay Proper in Marawi, was “a companion of a certain Omar, the […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Dec. 7, announced new appointees to different government agencies, government-owned and controlled corporations, and others. The following are the appointees and the corresponding positions they will hold: Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Rosve V, Henson – Assistant Secretary Maria Loise A. Ticman-Canson – Assistant Secretary Department of Justice Presidential Commission on Good Government Marco M. Bautista – Commissioner Department of Labor and Employment Jason P. Balais […]
MANILA, Dec 6, 2023 (AFP) – Philippine police named two Filipino members of a pro-Islamic State militant group on Wednesday as suspects in the deadly bombing of a Catholic mass in the country’s insurgency-plagued south. Four people were killed and 50 were wounded in Sunday’s attack on worshippers gathered inside a university gym in Marawi, the country’s largest Muslim city, which was besieged by militants in 2017. The Islamic State group claimed the bombing, which […]
(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Batanes, Cagayan and Apayao will have cloudy skies with light rains. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and the rest of Cagayan Valley, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the […]
MANILA, Dec 6, 2023 (AFP) – Seventeen people died and 11 were injured when a passenger bus careered off a road on a “killer curve” and plunged down a mountain in the central Philippines, officials said Wednesday. The bus was travelling in Hamtic municipality in Antique province when the crash happened Tuesday afternoon, provincial disaster agency head Roderick Train told AFP. Seven people were in critical condition in hospital and four others were stable, Train […]
MANILA, Dec 5, 2023 (AFP) – Seventeen people were killed when a passenger bus careered off a road and plunged down a mountain in the central Philippines, an official said Wednesday. The bus was travelling on an “accident-prone” section of road in Hamtic municipality in Antique province when the crash happened Tuesday afternoon, said Roderick Train, head of the provincial disaster agency. Seven people were in critical condition in hospital and four others were stable, […]
