Sea travel in northern Quezon resumed Monday morning after Pagasa lifted Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 over the Polillo Group of Islands. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) station in Real restored normal vessel operations following Pagasa’s 8 a.m. tropical cyclone bulletin. Trips to and from the Polillo Group of Islands had been suspended shortly…
PNP Chief Plt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. – Photo courtesy of the Office of the Chief PNP/Facebook. Philippine National Police chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez said authorities could consider restricting violent films and television programs as part of broader efforts to curb crimes involving minors. Nartatez said Monday that children were influenced not only…
Sources from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) revealed that former senator Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr.’s sister had bagged almost Php 5 billion infrastructure development projects in the Revilla’ s bailiwick in Cavite. This was learned following the temporary freedom given to the former legislator while he is being tried for alleged flood control…
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) criticized Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio for disparaging the country’s media and questioning the standards of local journalism. In a statement Saturday, the NUJP rejected Duterte’s claim that Philippine journalism fell behind its foreign counterparts. The group said Filipino journalists had consistently received international recognition, which contradicted…
Tropical Depression Luis maintained its strength Monday morning as it moved slowly over the sea east of Aurora and continued on a track toward Northern Luzon, according to Pagasa. As of 8 a.m., the center of the tropical depression was located 135 kilometers east of Casiguran, Aurora, with maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per…
To ensure the national budget’s alignment with the Philippine Development Plan and President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (PBBM)’s priorities, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has conducted one of its most rigorous reviews in recent years of agency budget proposals for next year’ s National Expenditure Program (NEP). In a statement, budget secretary Kim…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu At least nine people were killed and 28 others were injured in a Russian attack on Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital’s mayor said Saturday. Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said four children were among those wounded in the assault. Seventeen injured residents were taken to hospitals for treatment, according to the city government. The…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu Three Palestinians were killed and several others were injured in two Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to witnesses and medical sources. The attacks occurred a day after US President Donald Trump and the Board of Peace announced an agreement to move forward with the next phase of…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu The death toll from flooding in Assam, northeastern India, climbed to 82, the state disaster management authority said late Friday. More than 1.1 million people across the state were affected by the floods, according to local officials. Authorities said relief camps and distribution centers continued operating for displaced and affected families….
Photo courtesy of Anadolu China denounced the United States’ decision to add more than 40 Chinese entities to a trade blacklist over alleged links to forced labor in Xinjiang. A spokesperson for China’s Commerce Ministry said the move lacked factual basis and amounted to economic coercion, according to state-run Xinhua News Agency. Beijing said Washington…