PHL targets implementation of more disaster resilience initiatives

MANILA — The Philippines intends to implement more disaster resilience initiatives in a bid to achieve zero casualty in the next typhoons and other disasters, a...

President Aquino opens Asian Defense and Security exhibition

MANILA — As the Philippines gears towards achieving the goal of upgrading its defense capabilities, President Benigno S. Aquino III on Thursday opened this year’s Asian...

President Aquino: Military modernization meant for disaster response and internal defense only

Metro Manila to have full power supply on July 18 — Petilla

MANILA — Amidst the damaged transmission and distribution lines brought by Typhoon Glenda, the National Capital Region (NCR) may recover its full power supply on Friday,...

Palace to file motion for reconsideration on SC ruling on DAP on Friday

MANILA — Malacanang aims to file a motion for reconsideration on Friday that hopes to reverse the Supreme Court (SC) ruling declaring some provisions of the...

‘Glenda’ death now 20

MANILA — The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said the number of deaths rose to 20 while 505,000 people were affected in Luzon...

‘Glenda’ out but potential cyclone spotted off Mindanao

MANILA — Typhoon “Glenda” is expected to exit the country this morning while another weather disturbance has been monitored east of northern Mindanao which may enter...

132,000 families head to evacuation centers in ‘Glenda’s’ aftermath

MANILA – Dinky Soliman, Social Welfare Secretary said on Wednesday that 132,000 families have taken refuge in evacuation centers across over the National Capital Region, Central...

New cyclone, Henry, spotted on the heels of Glenda

  MANILA – Less than one day after Glenda churned its way through the country, wreaking a trail of havoc along her path before exiting towards...

Immigration activist, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist released by US Border Patrol in Texas

MCALLEN, Texas—Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, a Philippines-born immigration activist who has lived in the U.S. illegally since he was a child, was released by U.S....