MANILA: The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading three measures seeking to expand the benefits of senior citizens and persons with disability (PWDs).
During the plenary session, the chamber approved through voice voting Ho…
MANILA: The Philippine National Police (PNP) has sought the inhibition of a Maguindanao del Norte prosecutor from the case involving the fatal shooting of a police captain in Parang town.
In a press briefing in Camp Crame on Thursday, PNP spokesperso…
MANILA: Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a bill seeking to reform and reorganize the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to build its capacities amid the continuing aggression of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
Gatchalian said he filed…
MANILA: The fate of the bill seeking to allow e-registration and voting among Filipinos abroad is now in the hands of the Senate, Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez said on Thursday.
This, after the lower chamber of Congress voted 188-0 to pass Ho…
ISTANBUL: The death toll from floods and cold lava in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province climbed to 58 on Wednesday, the country’s disaster management agency said.
Up to 35 others are missing as cold lava – a mixture of water and rocks – flows down Mt…
MANILA: Unscrupulous persons have shifted their operation of sending fake GCash messages from text to online messaging apps, the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Thursday said.
CICC Executive Director Alexander Ramos said th…
MANILA: The National Food Authority (NFA) on Thursday expressed hopes for more suspension lifting following the order of the Office of the Ombudsman to reinstate 72 warehouse supervisors.
“We are happy that our warehouse supervisors are back to work….