A low-pressure area over Palawan is expected to bring rains over the Visayas and parts of Southern Luzon and Mindanao on Friday, according to PAGASA. Weather specialist Leanne Loreto said the LPA was located over the coastal waters of Dumaran, Palawan and was moving westward. PAGASA said the weather disturbance is expected to dissipate within…
Malacañang said Thursday that former president Rodrigo Duterte appeared to be in good condition during his first in-person appearance before the International Criminal Court’s Trial Chamber III. Duterte attended the court’s third status conference on Wednesday. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said the government observed that Duterte appeared physically well and suggested that he seemed…
The Bureau of Internal Revenue in Makati has launched a mentoring program aimed at helping micro and small taxpayers better understand and comply with tax rules. The Micro and Small Taxpayers Assistance and Mentoring Program, or MS-TAMP, was launched on Sept. 15 as a support and education initiative rather than an audit program. The BIR…
(Anadolu) SEOUL – North Korea has rejected renewed international calls for denuclearization, declaring that its status as a nuclear-armed state is “absolute” and cannot be reversed. Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, criticized discussions at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s General Conference in Vienna, dismissing calls for Pyongyang to abandon…
A Php 74.4-million rice processing facility in Cabanatuan City is expected to benefit around 4,060 farmers by giving them easier access to modern drying and milling equipment, the Department of Agriculture said Thursday. The DA inaugurated the Rice Processing System III facility in Nueva Ecija under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund Mechanization Program. The facility…
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday inspected health and nutrition programs at Sta. Barbara Central School as the government expands efforts to improve access to healthcare and address malnutrition among learners. Marcos visited booths under the Yaman ng Kalusugan Program Caravan, a joint initiative of the Department of Education and PhilHealth that provides health services…
(Contributed photo) ILOILO CITY – Five private hospitals in Western Visayas have signed agreements with the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. to implement its no co-payment policy, allowing eligible members admitted to basic or ward accommodations to receive covered services without out-of-pocket expenses. The participating hospitals are Asia Pacific Medical Center-Iloilo, Healthway QualiMed Hospital-Iloilo, Iloilo Doctors’…
(Anadolu) TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reshuffled her Cabinet on Thursday, retaining several senior ministers as she sought continuity ahead of an extraordinary parliamentary session expected in October. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi kept their posts in Takaichi’s first Cabinet…
The Bureau of Immigration said Thursday it is implementing the hold departure order issued by the Sandiganbayan against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Felicito Cristobal Guevarra, former lawmaker Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co and Joselyn Serenio. The BI said Romualdez and Guevarra are still in the Philippines, while Co and Serenio had already left the country before…
Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III said Thursday that enacting a “reasonable and constitutional” anti-political dynasty law remains a priority of the House of Representatives, following a Supreme Court ruling directing Congress to act on the constitutional mandate. Dy said the House had already approved House Bill 8389 on third and final reading on June 3…