MANILA –– Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) on Wednesday mounted several international replacement flights for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and other passengers. PAL spokesperson Cielo Villaluna said these flights were PR 1654 Manila-Riyadh, which carried 250 passengers of the cancelled Manila-Riyadh and Manila-Damman flights from August 17 to 20; PR5103 Los Angeles-Manila carrying 197 passengers […]
Presidential car museum opens in Quezon City
MANILA — The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and the Quezon City (QC) government inaugurated on Sunday the Presidential Car Museum inside the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, NHCP Chairman Rene Escalante, NHCP Acting Executive Director Ludovico Badoy and QC Mayor Herbert Bautista led the ceremonial ribbon-cutting to […]
Cotabato City crime rate down 45%
COTABATO CITY – Crime incidents in this city from January to July this year have decreased by as much as 45 percent as compared to the same period last year, police reported Monday. The city police office recorded 143 crime incidents as of July 30 as compared to last year’s 315 crimes that were recorded […]
2 quakes jolt ComVal, Davao Occidental
DAVAO CITY — Two tectonic earthquakes rocked Compostela Valley and Davao Occidental over the weekend. A 5.0-magnitude earthquake was felt at around 8:28 a.m. in some parts of Compostela Valley province on Sunday. Based on the bulletin of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the epicenter of the earthquake was Compostela town with […]
Aircraft skids off at NAIA; causes int’l runway closure
MANILA (August 17)– Due to heavy rains, Xiamen Air flight MF8667 skidded off at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) shortly before midnight Thursday, causing the airport’s international runway (runway 06/24) closure until noon Friday, authorities said. All passengers and crew were safe and were deplaned using the aircraft’s emergency chute. They are being assisted […]
Coast Guard intercepts P3.6-M seahorse shipment in Zamboanga
DAVAO CITY (August 17) — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) station in Zamboanga City confiscated a total of P3.6-million worth of dead seahorses (hippocampus spp) or locally known as kaba-kabayo on Wednesday, August 15. The operation was jointly conducted by the forces from Coast Guard Station Zamboanga, Bureau of Customs (BOC), Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), […]
Calida asks SC to stop Senate probe on security firm’s gov’t deals
MANILA — Solicitor General Jose Calida has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the Senate inquiry in connection with his family’s security agency contracts with government agencies worth PHP150 million. In a 39-page Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition with urgent application for Issuance of Temporary Restraining Order and/or Preliminary Injunction filed on August 14 […]
Tubbataha: Reefs for keeps in Palawan
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — Back in 1981 when diver Angelique Songco first went to the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (TRNP), she was mesmerized by its beauty but was also worried by the rampant use of illegal fishing methods that were destroying its marine environment. In an interview with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Global […]
House okays prohibiting discriminatory acts vs. women employees
MANILA — The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading a measure prohibiting acts of discrimination against women in the workplace. The lower chamber passed via voice vote House Bill No. 6769, which seeks to expand the prohibited acts of discrimination against women employees with respect to terms and conditions of employment. House […]
Experts kicks off lobster feeding trial in Eastern Visayas
TACLOBAN CITY — Experts will start this week the six-month feeding trials for lobsters, in preparation for the culture of this high-value marine products in poor Eastern Visayas communities. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Regional Director Juan Albaladejo said on Tuesday the study is necessary to ensure the sustainability of lobster culture in the […]
Bomb expert hurt as Army foils bombing attempts in Maguindanao
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao – A military bomb disposal expert was slightly injured when an improvised bomb he was deactivating went off Sunday morning. The accidental blast came hours after military bomb experts discovered several improvised bombs planted by IS-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao, where a brief encounter between the Army’s […]
Storm surge forces evacuation in Cavite
NOVELETA, Cavite — Around 277 residents in this town’s coastal villages were rescued and relocated to the evacuation center on Sunday by the local Disaster Risk Reduction Management team due to storm surge affecting the shoreline communities caused by incessant rains. Jeg Alix, head of Noveleta MDRRMO, said 74 families or 249 individuals from Barangay San […]
Russia to provide ‘soft loan’ for PH submarine project
DAVAO CITY (August 11) — Russia is more than willing to provide soft loan for the Philippines to have its first-ever submarine, through “soft loans’ . Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Russia is offering to sell to the Philippines its Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines, which has surface displacement of 2,350 tons, a length of 73.8 meters and […]