Number of jobless Filipinos down in March

MANILA – The country’s unemployment rate went down to 4.7 percent in March from 4.8 percent in February, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Monday. In...

Fishing now allowed in waters off 7 Oriental Mindoro towns

MANILA – An oil spill task force on Monday declared that the municipal waters of Clusters 4 and 5 in the oil-spill hit Oriental Mindoro towns are...

Digital driver’s license to launch soon

BI warns travelers vs. fake predeparture counseling certificates

MANILA – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Monday warned travelers against the circulation of fake Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) Guidance and Counseling Program (GCP) certificates...

DILG: Anti-drug abuse councils to undergo performance audit

MANILA – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will conduct an annual performance audit of Anti-Drug Abuse Councils (ADACs) of localities to ensure that...

Congress vows swift passage of more LEDAC, priority bills

MANILA – House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Sunday vowed for the swift passage of 11 additional legislations, bringing to 42 the total number of priority...

Five reasons you should consider renting your outfits this wedding season

Wedding season is upon us and if you’ve received an invite, you’ll no doubt be having the usual thoughts of what to wear. But the outfits...

Curious Kids: What happens when you flush a toilet on a plane?

What happens when you flush a toilet on a plane? –Lily, aged 6, Harcourt Lily this is a great question! It doesn’t work like your toilet...

Record low Antarctic sea ice is another alarming sign the ocean’s role as climate regulator is changing

A changing climate is upon us, with more frequent land and marine heatwaves, forest fires, atmospheric rivers and floods. For some, it is the backdrop to...

Humanity’s tipping point? How the Queen’s death stole a climate warning’s thunder

Think back to September last year. What happened early that month? What news shook the world and reverberated for weeks, if not months? That’s a question...