DIGITAL MONEY | Malaysia issues draft regulations for crypto currency businesses
Malaysia’s central bank said it had issued draft regulations for digital currency businesses, but said that such currencies were still not legal tender in the country.
‘Urduja’ slowly moving toward landfall – Pagasa
(UPDATE 4 -12:29 p.m.) Tropical storm “Urduja” (international name “Kai-Tak) resumed its "slow movement" late Friday morning, December 15, towards its expected Saturday landfall over Eastern Samar or neighboring Northern Samar after intensifying slightly and hovering "almost stationary" earlier.
VACC, the group that wanted Bautista, Morales, Sereno ousted, now wants PNoy charged with...
The Volunteer Against Crime and Corruption, formerly headed by Martin Diño, who became instrumental in paving the way for President Rodrigo Duterte's 2016 candidacy, wants former President Benigno Aquino III and other ex-public officials charged with plunder.
WATCH | Bato dela Rosa’s term as PNP chief extended 3 months for ‘special...
The term of Philippine National Police (PNP) Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa, who is due for retirement this coming January 21, is being extended for...
Arrest of 2 Reuters journalists a signal of shrinking press freedom in Myanmar –...
The arrest of two Reuters journalists in Yangon this week was a signal that press freedom is shrinking in Myanmar and the international community must do all it can to get them released, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday.
PNoy: My move to address dengue was part of my goal ‘to leave you...
"Can we decide on something that will be discovered five or 10 years later from now? Who will succeed among us doing that?" said former President Benigno Aquino III.
SWS Q3 survey: Adult joblessness at 18.9%, 6.6% lost jobs involuntarily, 10.4% resigned; +28...
The Third Quarter 2017 Social Weather Survey, done on September 23-27, 2017, found adult joblessness at 18.9% (corresponding statistically to an estimated 8.7 million...
Yeng Guiao to suggest to MVP the creation of new sports stadium in Clark...
A new Philippine sports stadium as venue for the World Cup in 2023? If veteran bench tactician and former national team coach Yeng Guiao...
NLEX signs up free agents Michael Miranda, Ronjay Buenafe
By Rey Joble, InterAksyon The NLEX Road Warriors will be alloting spots for bruising free agent frontliner Mike Miranda and sharpshooter Ronjay Buenafe for the...
Aquino and Abad explain ‘hasty’ processing of funding for Dengvaxia
It was vital that a budget for Dengvaxia be secured before the end of 2015, despite then President Benigno Aquino III meeting with Sanofi Pasteur executives just a few weeks before that on December 1, 2015, because it would be "very, very difficult" to find a source for the budget and to get Congress to approve it by the first quarter of 2016 - an election year.
MMDA lowers EDSA speed limit for PUVs to 50 kph
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Thursday lowered to 50 kilometer per hour the speed limit for public utility vehicles, especially passenger buses,...
Pinoy math wizards bag 22 medals in Malaysia
Young Filipino math wizards won 28 awards including 22 medals in the 4th Challenge for Future Mathematicians (CFM) contest held from Dec. 8 to 12 in Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia.
Garin’s lawmaker-husband ‘pressured’ me to augment budget for more Dengvaxia – Ubial
Paulyn Ubial on Thursday linked her non-confirmation as Department of Health secretary to the Dengvaxia controversy, claiming during a Senate hearing that the congressman-husband of former DOH chief Janette Garin "pressured" her into buying more of the anti-dengue vaccine and including the funds for its purchase in the 2018 national budget.
China angered as US considers navy visits to Taiwan
China accused the United States on Thursday of interfering in its internal affairs and said it had lodged a complaint after US President Donald Trump signed into law an act laying the groundwork for possible US navy visits to self-ruled Taiwan.
WATCH | PNoy got ‘excited’ about Dengvaxia in 2015, was told vaccine was also...
Former President Benigno Aquino III admitted that he got very enthusiastic and eager about Dengvaxia when he learned two years ago from Sanofi Pasteur that the French pharmaceutical giant had supposedly perfected the world's only vaccine against all dengue strains.