MANILA – The implementation of a new number coding scheme to further lessen the volume of vehicular traffic in the National Capital Region (NCR) may begin after...
MANILA – The Quezon City government is urging all political candidates for the May 2022 elections to refrain from using plastic or polyethylene materials in their campaign paraphernalia....
MANILA – The Philippine government has pledged USD100,000 or approximately PHP5.1 million to support the humanitarian response in Afghanistan, the Philippine Permanent Mission to the United Nations...
MANILA – A total of 65,992,980 Filipinos are now fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) nationwide, with 12,075,001 eligible individuals having booster shots or additional protection, as of...
MANILA – The Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene popularly known as Quiapo Church has resumed the traditional “pahalik” for devotees starting Friday. Parochial vicar Fr. Douglas...
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday said its service provider Smartmatic International gave an assurance that the supposed security breach did not compromise the...
The Biden administration on March 31, 2022, said it plans to release an unprecedented 180 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to...
Just when it looked like COVID cases were starting to fall after the high peaks of January, infections are rising once again around the world. The...
Another round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey has brought little progress towards a ceasefire, let alone a peace agreement. Based on statements by...
Famines should be relegated to the history books, leading expert Cormac Ó Gráda argued in 2007, since “given good will on all sides, famine prevention should...