President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signs the 2025 General Appropriations Act at Malacañang Palace in Manila on Monday (Dec. 30, 2024). Next year’s government budget is down to P6.326 trillion from PHP6.352 trillion after the President vetoed line items deemed inconsistent with the administration’s priorities. (PNA photo by Joan Bondoc) The education sector has emerged as…
Former US President Jimmy Carter. (Photo from Habitat For Humanity Website) President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. paid tribute on Monday to former United States President Jimmy Carter, remembering him as a humanitarian leader deeply committed to peace, justice, and human rights. Carter, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 100, served as the 39th…
(Infographics courtesy of Quiapo Church) The annual Thanksgiving procession of the Black Nazarene will be held on New Year’s Eve, one of three occasions when the image is brought outside the Quiapo Church in Manila. Alex Irasga, Quiapo Church’s technical adviser for the Jesus Nazareno Fiesta 2025, said on Monday that the procession, dubbed the…
Some of the persons with disabilities in Bacolod City who received assistance of PHP10,000 each under the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Sustainable Livelihood Program on Nov. 11, 2024. The DSWD on Monday (Dec. 30) said it will continue to improve the well-being of poor families in 2024 through its social protection and human…
Firecrackers sold at the firecrackers zone in Alcala town, Pangasinan in this undated photo. As of Dec. 29, 2024, the Department of Health in Ilocos Region recorded 56 fireworks-related injuries in the region, 70 percent higher than the cases same period last year. (Photo courtesy of Alcala PNP FB) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The Department of Health in…
BUTUAN CITY – The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in the Caraga Region (RDRRMC-13) reported minor damage to public infrastructures following two moderately strong earthquakes that struck last week. The first quake, with a magnitude of 5.3, hit Talacogon, Agusan del Sur, at 6:26 p.m. on Dec. 26. The tremor was felt at Intensity…
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) will maintain registration and printing services for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) in Central Visayas despite nearing its target of 7.04 million registrants, an official said Monday. PSA-Central Visayas Regional Director Ariel Florendo stated that as of October 31, 7,038,888 individuals—99.97 percent of the target population—had registered for…
BANGKOK – Three people were killed and seven others injured as a fire broke out at a hotel in the Thai capital, Bangkok, the local fire department said today. The fire broke out at a six-story hotel near Bangkok’s popular backpacker area of Khao San Road yesterday at about 9:21 p.m. local time (1421 GMT)….
A crane removes wreckage from the plane crash site at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Jeolla Province, on Dec. 29, 2024. (Yonhap) SEOUL — A Jeju Air flight that took off in South Korea on Monday returned to the airport of departure due to the same landing gear issue that caused a deadly crash involving a…
Displaced Palestinian children play at a shelter in Gaza City on Dec. 9, 2024. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua) CAIRO — In a region where turmoil has long been the norm, the cascade of events in the Middle East in 2024 has nevertheless shocked the world due to its intensity and complexity. The Israel-Palestine conflict entered…