Philab sets 2018 capital budget at USD150M
Listed healthcare company Philab Holdings Corp. has earmarked USD150 million for capital spending this year, mostly to build new satellite clinics.
Plane crashes off Palawan, 2 pilots survive
An airplane crashed off the coast of Sitio Landing, Barangay New Agutaya in the northern Palawan town of San Vicente on Sunday afternoon.
Where’s the NFA rice? Nancy Binay wants agency to ensure 15-day buffer policy is...
The shortage of NFA rice is real and the inter-agency National Food Authority Council should be acting decisively to address the dwindling supply of NFA rice, Senator Nancy Binay said Sunday.
It’s when, not if: Singapore worries, and prepares, for militant attack
Armed officers patrol a train station where television screens and giant posters warn of the threat from militants. Nearby, fake gunmen storm a shopping mall in one of many recent terror attack simulations.
Tribal leader, son killed after attending lumad summit; AFP tags suspected NPA rebels
A tribal leader of the Langilang-Manobo tribe and his son were shot dead by armed men inside their home in Barangay Palma Gil, Talaingod, Davao del Norte on Sunday dawn.
NFA employees must fill up new forms on ‘affiliation’ with AFP. Forced conscription of...
COURAGE president Ferdinand Gaite said it's the first time NFA personnel were required to fill up such forms. Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said the form “is, in essence, conscription to military service, either as part of the military’s reserve force or its auxiliary. This takes militarization of the civilian bureaucracy to a whole new level.”
WATCH: ‘CHA-CHA TO FIGHT CHA-CHA’ | Veterans of martial law take to dance floor...
Ex-DSWD secretary Judy Taguiwalo joined the ‘Cha-cha laban sa Cha-cha’, a dance protest against Charter change at the UP Sunken Garden on Saturday (February 3) morning. With her were political prisoners, human rights advocates, martial law veterans, and progressive organizations headed by Karapatan and Selda - mostly in their senior years, having been witness - and for most, victims - to some of the country's darkest years including martial law.
Small businesses not exempted from anti-trust rules — experts
Even as large and family-run companies dominate the Philippine business landscape and small enterprises face high barriers of entry, anti-trust rules should not necessarily “protect” the latter, industry experts said on Friday.
‘SOLI BAYAD’ | Koko wants Dalian blacklisted, ordered to refund money for unusable MRT...
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Saturday demanded that Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stocks Co., which supplied 48 light rail coaches for P3.8 billion to the MRT-3, refund the government for the full cost of the contract.
MISSING | 85-year-old dad of HR group’s official left home Feb. 1
Karapatan is appealing to the public for help in finding Benjamin Clamor, father of the human rights group's deputy secretary general Jigs Clamor.
UK promises to crack down on assets of corrupt oligarchs: The Times
Britain will use new powers to seize the assets of foreign criminals and corrupt politicians, The Times newspaper reported on Saturday quoting the security minister.
Palace clarifies remarks on protesting UP students, ‘lumad’ plight
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. on Saturday clarified President Rodrigo Duterte's remarks to kick out protesting students of the University of the Philippines (UP) and replace them with bright lumad students.
Roque said it didn't mean the President wanted to curtail their freedom of expression.
Uma Thurman accuses Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault
The actress alleged that the incident happened at a London hotel after they worked together on the 1994 hit film 'Pulp Fiction.'
Marc Pingris plays facilitator role as Magnolia extends win streak
Veteran forward Marc Pingris is one among those handful of players who can dominate a game even without scoring in bunches. The hardworking frontliner finished...
Lumad school mocks Duterte’s offer of UP slots as new evacuation reported
An award-winning lumad school in Surigao del Sur poked fun at President Rodrigo Duterte’s “offer” to kick out activists from the University of the Philippines and give their slots to indigenous youth even as an advocate group reported fresh evacuations of tribal families in the Mindanao province.














