WATCH | Govt, MPIC break ground for Calax
The government, together with the Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, formally broke ground Monday, signaling the start of construction work for the Cavite Laguna Expressway...
BAGONG BAYANI TO BAYANI | OFWs sending postcards, letters to soldiers in Marawi City
With Filipinos from all walks of life spontaneously responding to a call for letters to soldiers fighting a deadly battle with terrorists in Marawi, an advocacy group has urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to instruct all diplomatic posts to accept postcards and letters written by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) for the troops.
WATCH | Pekeng bigas: NFA confident no plastic, fake, rice in the market
The National Food Authority, on which is vested the function of ensuring food security and the stability of supply and price of the staple...
SOJ’s Aguirre, Supreme Court do not speak with one voice on Maute trial venue
The Supreme Court, via its spokesman Atty. Theodore Te, on Monday issued a clarification after Department of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre announced that the...
SC VACANCY | JBC vetting process touches on Alvarez row with judiciary, ML
The ongoing vetting process by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), to fill up a vacancy in the Supreme Court when Justice Bienvenido L....
Indonesia launches sea patrols with PH, Malaysia in bid to tighten security vs terrorists,...
Warships from Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia held maneuvers on Monday in waters plagued by insurgency and banditry off north Borneo, launching coordinated patrols in a region where Islamic State influence is growing.
20 terror cells in PH looking to do ISIS’ bidding – OSG
Twenty terrorist cells in all are allied with the Maute Group that is leading the three-week siege of Marawi City, and are all working to set up a caliphate in the South on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
ASEAN officers tour South China Sea on board Japan’s helicopter carrier
Southeast Asian military officers have embarked on a four-day tour of the South China Sea on the Japanese navy's Izumo helicopter carrier in the latest sign Japan is stepping up efforts to counter growing Chinese influence.
Marawi grad, UP summa cum laude in molecular bio, to deliver valedictory address at...
An outstanding young scientist - summa cum laude, molecular biology and biotechnology - from Marawi City will deliver the valedictory at this weekend's university-wide graduation rites at the University of the Philippines in Diliman.
MARTIAL LAW | Consolidated petitions deemed submitted for resolution at SC
The consolidated petitions calling for junking the recent martial law declaration of President Rodrigo Duterte covering the whole of Mindanao were deemed Monday as having been submitted for resolution.
‘Ang Huling Cha Cha ni Anita’ hits SM Cinemas after long international tour
This heartwarming coming-of-age lesbian drama has been to a whopping 42 international film festivals.
SSS, drivers file P6.8-M complaint vs 4 taxi operators
Taxi drivers and the Social Security System filed criminal complaints against four transport operators for their alleged deliberate failure to remit P6.8 million in social security contributions from their employees.
‘TRAGEDY OF INSURGENCY’ | Dureza ‘disheartened’ by NPA attack in Iloilo amid Reds’ cease-fire...
Presidential peace adviser Jesus Dureza expressed disappointment over the
NPA's assault on the Maasin Police Station in Iloilo at a time when communist rebels offered a cease-fire in Mindanao to enable government forces to focus on fighting Maute extremists in Marawi.
Eighth Marawi jail escapee surrenders; 99 more urged to yield as BJMP assures them...
The number of escapees from the Marawi City Jail and the Malabang District Jail has increased to eight after another inmate voluntarily turned himself in on Monday, June 19.
Kobe Paras shines as PH team’s FIBA 3×3 World Cup campaign begins with 1-1...
Kobe Paras and Kiefer Ravena had some memorable moments as Team Philippines split their first two assignments in Pool B of the 2017 FIBA...