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The Senate starts its probe on the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Philippines and the United States. Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said that the public has the right to know if the Philippines will really benefit from the said agreement.
The latest low pressure area that entered the Philippine area of responsibility has a large possibility of developing into a storm.
The family of 27-year old, Leo Lazaro, an airport police-trainee, cries out for justice as they suspect that Lazaro was a victim of hazing.
The Commission on Audit presented audit probe reports in the Senate regarding its probe on the Malampaya power plant.
MAKATI, Dec. 1 — The Philippines will launch Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2015 today,(December 1 to buoy up local businesses to explore and initiate opportunities based on lined up activities for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) next year. “While the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has lined up several activities as the country chairs APEC in 2015 and hosts the 23rd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, we aim to spur greater private sector participation and generate […]
MANILA, Dec. 1 — Malacañang congratulated Cebu City’s Jamie Herrell for winning this year’s Miss Earth beauty title following a coronation held Saturday evening at the University of the Philippines Theater in Diliman, Quezon City. “Ikinagagalak po natin ang kanyang tagumpay at binabati natin siya sa paglalagay muli sa ating bansa sa world map ng pagkilala in terms of beauty and talent,” Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said over the state-run dzRB […]
MANILA, Dec 1 — The Palace on Sunday commemorates the 151st anniversary of the birth of Andres Bonifacio, the Father of the Philippine Revolution. “Nakikiisa ako sa pagdiriwang ng Araw ni Bonifacio. Ang pagmamahal sa bayan ni Andres Bonifacio ang nagbigay inspirasyon sa mga Pilipino na ipaglaban at itanghal ang kanilang dignidad, kalayaan, at ang soberanya ng ating bansa,” said Presidential Communication Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr., over dzRB Radyo ng Bayan, quoting President […]
MARAWI CITY, Lanado del Sur, Dec. 1 — The future Bangsamoro government has the authority to enact laws for the management and protection of Lake Lanao which is classified as an inland water, Government of the Philippines legal team head Anna Tarhata Basman said during a public consultation of the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on the Bangsamoro Basic Law in this city. Basman addressed the issue on Lake Lanao which is among the […]
Various news agencies have reported different estimates – from 80 to more than 120– of people killed in two suicide bombings and open fire on a Muslim congregation Friday, Nov. 28, in a central Mosque in northern Nigeria’s city of Kano. Reuters and BBC said at least 81 were killed while CNN reported at least 120 fatalities. Those injured were estimated at 270. CNN, quoting a source, an unnamed official, said the death toll could […]
For this episode of ASEAN in Focus, we have interviewed national artist, Dr. Virgilio Almario. Dr. Almario currently serves as the chairman of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), the government agency mandated to promote and standardize the use of the Filipino language. Virgilio Almario, known for his pen name Rio Alma, is a Filipino artist, poet, critic, translator, editor, teacher, and cultural manager. He is also a political scientist and educator. He completed […]
(ENS) — Human resource development and capacity building is one of the areas of cooperation identified in the ASEAN integration 2015. Just how ready are the Philippine civil servants for the upcoming regional integration next year? In this episode of ASEAN in Focus, Director Ma. Luisa “Liza” Salonga-Agamata, Director IV of the Civil Service Commission’s Public Assistance and Information office, tackles the various programs being done by the Civil Service Commission to prepare the country’s […]
(Eagle News Service) — The ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for the development of small and medium enterprises or SMEs was tackled in a public-private partner dialogue held recently in Cambodia. Cambodian Secretary of State Heng Sokkung, of the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft of the Royal Government of Cambodia welcomed the holding of the dialogue in Siem Rea, Cambodia that focused on the ASEAN action plan, also known as the Post-2015 SME Vision. The Cambodian […]
