Duterte urges NPA to ‘choose a better fight in life’

MANILA — President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Wednesday night urged communist rebels to “choose a better fight in life”, assuring that the government will provide them with...

Imprudent to invoke defense pact with US now: Palace

MANILA — Malacañang on Wednesday said invoking the mutual defense treaty (MDT) with the United States on the Reed Bank incident may be an irresponsible move at...

Palace to 22 fishermen: ‘We will not abandon you’

MANILA — Malacañang assured the 22 fishermen whose boat was allegedly rammed and abandoned by a Chinese vessel off the Recto Bank (Reed Bank) in the West...

DA, ‘Recto Bank 22’ denounce ‘act of abandonment’ by Chinese crew

SAN JOSE, Occidental Mindoro — Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol, together with the 22 rescued fishermen who called themselves the “Recto Bank 22”, on Wednesday denounced the act...

PH, Japan sign $202-M loan accord for Mindanao road project

Clinging on plastic barrels: Vietnamese recounts rescue of Pinoys

MANILA — Tired, hungry, shivering from cold and clinging on to plastic barrels and pieces of wood from their sunken boat. This was how Vietnamese rescuers described...

Gov’t must be rational, not emotional on Reed Bank issue: Palace

MANILA – The Philippine government must be rational and not emotional in handling the recent Reed Bank incident, Malacañang said on Tuesday. “We understand the sentiments of...

Lesser families consider themselves poor in Q1 of 2019 — SWS

Lesser Filipino families considered themselves poor in the first quarter of 2019, according to the latest survey of Social Weather Stations (SWS) released on Tuesday, June...

PRRD doesn’t want Reed Bank incident blown into int’l crisis

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte is being “cautious” in making statements on the Recto Bank incident because he does not want the issue “blown into an...

Duterte to attend 34th ASEAN Summit in Thailand

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte will be among the 10 state leaders expected to attend the 34th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit on June 22...