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Credit to Author: Cristina Chi| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:10:00 +0800

The Philippines and Laos have inked their first defense agreement that would see the two Southeast Asian nations conduct joint military training amid growing regional challenges.

Credit to Author: Delon Porcalla| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0800

Five pieces of legislation were approved on third and final reading on Tuesday by lawmakers in the plenary session at the House of Representatives, among them a bill that allows employment for senior citizens and the Free Transportation of Relief Goods Act.

Credit to Author: Romina Cabrera| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0800

No cyclone is expected to enter or form within the Philippine area of responsibility next week after six consecutive cyclones battered parts of the country recently, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.

Credit to Author: Helen Flores| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0800

After more than a decade of diplomatic efforts spanning three administrations, Mary Jane Veloso is finally “coming home,” where she will continue to serve her prison term in accordance with a landmark arrangement with Jakarta, President Marcos announced on Wednesday.

Credit to Author: Mayen Jaymalin| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0800

Over 10 million Filipino women nationwide still have no access to family planning and face the risk of unwanted pregnancy, according to the Department of Health.

Credit to Author: Cristina Chi| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:49:00 +0800

The protracted campaign to set Mary Jane Veloso free is not yet complete, her long-time advocates and lawyers said, as they called for her clemency hours after the president’s announcement of her impending return to the Philippines from Indonesia.

Credit to Author: Dominique Nicole Flores| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:18:00 +0800

How much should rice prices be to ensure affordability for Filipinos while remaining fair to producers?

Credit to Author: Helen Flores| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0800

Malacañang has directed officials and employees of the government to “scale down” their Christmas celebrations and instead donate to communities devastated by the successive typhoons that hit the country.

Credit to Author: Bella Cariaso| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0800

The government will import an additional 8,000 metric tons of fish amid the closed fishing season and the P1-billion damage to the fisheries sector due to successive typhoons, a ranking Department of Agriculture official said on Tuesday.

Credit to Author: Mark Ernest Villeza| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0800

Seven years after authorities seized over half a ton of shabu worth P6.4 billion in a Valenzuela warehouse raid, a Manila court found alleged Customs “fixer” Mark Taguba and two others guilty of drug importation.