MANILA: Police officers are no longer allowed to serve as “umbrella assistants” of guests during official events, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil said on Monday.
Marbil made the directive during the flag-raising ri…
MANILA: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) directed BSP-Supervised Financial Institutions (BSFIs) to accept all formats of the national identification (ID), including the digital format.
BSP Memorandum 2024-026, dated Aug. 9 and posted on the cent…
ANKARA: Authorities have evacuated over 80,000 people in southwest China following massive rains and flash floods in the region, state media said on Sunday.
Intense rains have pummeled several cities and prefectures in Sichuan province since Friday, …
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is set to grant cash incentives and awards to all the 22 Filipino athletes who represented the country in the recently-concluded 2024 Paris Olympics.
In a Palace press briefing Monday, Presidential Protocol c…
BUTUAN CITY: Leaders of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Surigao del Sur want Umbid Sinzo, the captured regional adviser of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in the Caraga Region, to be prosecuted and jailed.
Datu Rico Maca, the IP Mandatory Represent…
MANILA: Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo has reaffirmed the Philippines’ commitment to enhance bilateral relations with Mongolia, emphasizing the need for both countries to support an open, inclusive, and rules-based international order.
Mana…
MANILA: The Philippine government should now be preparing on filing legal cases against China before an international court following the “dangerous and provocative actions” of People’s Liberation Army Air Force against a Philippine Air Force aircraft…