Parojinog siblings negative on drug test

Ozamiz City Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog and her brother Reynaldo Jr., who were arrested in a drug raid on July 30, have tested negative for...

Resorts World operator’s revenues hit P11.2-B

MANILA— Travellers International Hotel Group, Inc. (TIHGI), owner and operator of Resorts World Manila (RWM), ended the first semester of 2017 with gross revenues amounting to...

ATN funding for OFWs jumps to P1.2B in 2018—Recto

The Assistance to Nationals (ATN) fund of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will increase by 140% to P1 billion, together with the said department’s Legal...

Philippines: 21 alleged drug offenders killed in single day

MANILA, Philippines— Simultaneous anti-drug operations in a northern province have left 21 alleged drug offenders dead, police said Tuesday. They called it the highest death toll in...

Construction of MRT-7 Phase 1 officially starts, traffic escalates

Traffic has started to escalate as the construction of the guideway for the Metro Rail Transit 7 began today, August 15, along Commonwealth Avenue westbound in...

Andanar heads new PNA editorial board

Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar had involved himself in the state-run newswire Philippine News Agency (PNA) by creating and heading its editorial board. “The Board will...

LTFRB orders 1 month suspension for Uber

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Monday suspended the transport network company (TNC) Uber for one month after the agency found that Uber...

NoKor pulls back on threat to Guam

After a ‘word war’ with President Donald Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, held fire against United States of America’s (USA’s) territory Guam, after seeing...

BI activates anti-terror units in major airports, seaports

Peso closes at 51-level, stocks up Monday

MANILA— Philippine peso dropped to its 11-year low on Monday, closing at 51.08 to a US dollar. Peso has weakened by 10 centavos from last week’s...