PHL-China to complete framework for code of conduct in South China Sea by mid-2017
MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines is optimistic that the framework for a code of conduct in the South China Sea will be completed within...
Negros to get bulk of P194-M sugarcane block farm funds
BACOLOD CITY -- Negros Island Region (NIR) will get the bulk of the P194 million worth of sugar block farming project to be implemented in...
Are oarfish harbingers of earthquakes?
“Wild animals can be natural early detection systems for disasters. (That’s) another reason why we should value them.” – Dr. Theresa Mundita Lim, director...
Posthumous medal
Right after President Rodrigo Roa Duterte's arrival from a successful visit to three countries in the Middle East, he goes straight to the wake of the late 2Lt. Estilito Saldua, Jr. in San Jose, Batangas on April 17, 2017. Here the President awards a posthumous medal to Saldua who was killed while thwarting the terror attack of the Abu Sayyaf Group in Bohol recently. REY BANIQUET/Presidential Photo
Pasalubong
President Rodrigo Duterte is assisted by Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo as he shares his pasalubong of chocolates to the children of the 160 repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who were granted amnesty after they were found working illegally in the Kingdom Saudi Arabia. The President welcomed the repatriated 'runaway' OFWs and provided them with cash assistance upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 on April 17, 2017 following his successful visits to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar. KING RODRIGUEZ/ Presidential Photo
All-out war against illegal drugs
“I don’t like people involved in drugs. I don’t care if they are soldiers or policemen. I tell them that drug dealers and criminals in my city...
