(Photo courtesy of OS Hontiveros) Online gaming platform Roblox has expressed willingness to designate a representative in the Philippines who can directly receive subpoenas and other lawful government directives, Senator Risa Hontiveros said Thursday. The proposal forms part of the strengthened anti-online sexual abuse and exploitation of children measure, now referred to as the SAGIP…
The Department of Energy has backed the Energy Regulatory Commission’s move to apply the Secondary Price Cap on a per-grid basis, saying the policy could protect consumers in the Visayas and Mindanao from sharp electricity price increases during periods of tight supply. Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said consumers in the two grids should not have…
(Photo courtesy of DSWD-CAR) BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Cordillera Administrative Region has provided financial and psychosocial assistance to families and survivors of a road accident in Bontoc, Mountain Province that left six people dead, including a five-month-old baby. DSWD-Mountain Province said it extended Php 30,000 in cash…
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Department of Education in the Cordillera Administrative Region is strengthening its learning continuity measures to help students keep pace with lessons when face-to-face classes are suspended due to calamities. DepEd-CAR Regional Director Nicolas Capulong said the region is developing policy guidelines to improve the implementation of alternative learning modalities during…
The Visayas grid will be placed under a yellow alert for two hours on Thursday due to tight power supply, according to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines. NGCP said the alert will be in effect from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. A yellow alert is issued when the grid’s operating margin falls below…
Two new pumps at the Remedios Pumping Station in Malate are now operational, a development the Department of Public Works and Highways said will help floodwaters recede faster in low-lying parts of Manila. Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon said during an inspection Wednesday that five pumping stations serving the area, namely Abad, Remedios, Padre Faura,…
The death toll from last month’s flash floods and mudslides along the Nepal-China border has risen to 1,403 in Nepal, authorities said Wednesday. Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said 13,742 people have been rescued, while 6,150 remain missing, including 587 foreigners. On the Chinese side, authorities have reported 43 deaths and 519…
ANKARA – Lionel Messi will make his final appearance for Argentina in a friendly against Benin on Oct. 6 at River Plate’s Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires, the Argentine Football Association has confirmed. AFA president Claudio Tapia said the match will serve as a farewell for the 39-year-old captain, who announced his retirement from international…
Former president Rodrigo Duterte appeared before an International Criminal Court trial chamber on Wednesday, marking his first appearance before the panel handling the trial phase of the crimes against humanity case linked to his administration’s anti-drug campaign. Duterte had earlier appeared before an ICC pre-trial chamber in March 2025 following his surrender to the court….
A low-pressure area embedded in the Intertropical Convergence Zone is expected to bring rains over Southern Luzon, the Visayas and large parts of Mindanao on Thursday, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. PAGASA weather specialist Obet Badrina said the LPA was located about 125 kilometers east of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan….