MANILA – Most areas in the country are forecast to experience rains due to a tropical cyclone outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and the southwest monsoon, the weather bureau said Wednesday.
The trough of Tropical Storm Bebinca last…
DUMAGUETE CITY – Hundreds of residents in critical villages near Mt. Kanlaon in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental have evacuated as the volcano continues to pose an imminent threat with its increased seismic activity.
Edna Lhou Masicampo, Canlaon City i…
MANILA – The local stock market ended the day in the positive territory, snapping its four-day rally while the peso closed stronger than the US dollar on Wednesday.
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) fell 0.57 percent to close at 6,944.88, w…
MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday honored his father and namesake, the late former president Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr., on his 107th birth anniversary.
The younger Marcos took to social media to celebrate his father’s birthday, c…
MANILA – Air France’s resumption of its direct Manila-Paris flights after 20 years bodes well for the Philippine travel sector, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said, seeing it as a boost to French inbound arrivals.
It also pins the confidence of oth…
MANILA – The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has so far released about PHP31.93 billion to fund the salary increase of government workers in 257 state departments and agencies.
“We are doing everything we can so that we can release the bud…
MANILA – The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is adopting a “positive peace” framework, signifying a paradigm shift in its peacebuilding efforts amid the declining threat of communist insurgency.
NTF-ELCAC execut…