WEF for East Asia is perfect opportunity for PHL – Angara

MANILA – Former senator Edgardo Angara on Sunday said the hosting of the 2014 World Economic Forum (WEF) for East Asia is a perfect opportunity for...

Troops arrest Abu Sayyaf bomb expert

ZAMBOANGA CITY -– Combined military and police forces have arrested a suspected Abu Sayyaf bomb expert in a raid on a west coast barangay in this...

Pasay City again bags DepEd Literacy Award for successful literacy programs

MANILA — The city government of Pasay has bagged the first place in the Department of Education’s search for best literacy program in the National Capital...

Gov’t: Bangsamoro pact legal, PHL constitution its paramount basis

MANILA — In light of the concerns of critics on the legality of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), Government of the Philippines (GPH) Legal...

DOST, DENR launch scientific information facility for Yolanda relief efforts

International think tank fellow lauds FAiTH, the foreign aid transparency website

A senior fellow of the Center for Global Development (CGD), a Washington-based non-profit think tank, recently commended the Philippines’ online Foreign Aid Transparency Hub, or FAiTH....

Sagada villagers search, dismantle NPA camps

  MANILA — Irked at the atrocities committed by New People’s Army (NPA) fighters against civilians, Sagada villagers in the Mountain Province on Friday conducted their...

Army to fete firefighting personnel injured in Fort Bonifacio fire, explosion

MANILA — The Philippine Army (PA) will honor the members of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and fire volunteers who were injured during the Explosive...

DOH-CAR endorses higher tobacco taxes

BAGUIO CITY -– The Department of Health – Cordillera (DOH-Cor) is endorsing the imposition of higher taxes on tobacco to further promote health care. In an...

PHL-US ‘Balikatan 2014’ also a tool in improving countryside communities

Joint Naval assault team deployed in the waters of Zambales, Philippines #balikatan2014 http://t.co/2zHXHg0Ee5 pic.twitter.com/tPdoRwf6ft — tveeme (@tveeme) May 12, 2014   MANILA — Aside from improving the...