PH bags gold award for accessible biodiversity website

MANILA – The Philippines has won the gold award for making the “most significant progress” in developing its existing national Clearing-House Mechanism (CHM) website, making biodiversity information...

Marcos orders PhilHealth to suspend rate hike this year

PH daily average of new Covid-19 cases down by 39%

MANILA – The daily average of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases decreased by 39 percent from Dec. 26, 2022 to Jan. 1, the Department of Health...

At least P2 fuel price hikes to greet motorists on Jan. 3

MANILA – Oil companies will implement big-time price increases on Tuesday, the first working day of 2023. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Petro Gazz, Seaoil and Shell...

DOH logs 211 fireworks-related injuries on first 2 days of 2023

MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday an additional 74 more injuries related to fireworks, bringing the overall tally to 211 for Jan. 1...

Shear line rains, floods damage 36 schools in Mindanao: DepEd

MANILA – The Department of Education (DepEd) assured Monday it would assist all affected schools in Mindanao following the flooding due to shear line-induced torrential rains. In...

More BI staff deployed as passenger influx expected due to glitch

MANILA – Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco on Monday said sufficient personnel have been deployed at the country’s airports as inbound and outbound passengers are...

Airlines focus on recovery ops after system glitch fiasco

MANILA – Local carriers are now focusing on mounting recovery flights following a number of cancellations due to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines’ (CAAP) air traffic...

Poe seeks probe on system glitch that delayed hundreds of flights

MANILA – The massive flight delays that affected about 65,000 passengers on New Year’s Day Sunday are matters of national concern that should not happen again, according...

Bills seek increase in monthly pension of DFA employees

MANILA – Two bills have been filed in the Senate to increase the monthly pension and disability benefits of retirees of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)....