Newslights

WHEN THE WEATHER BECOMES A ‘WRECKING BALL’: Why the UN’s Global Warning Hits Close to Home

MANILA  (October 24)  — To many Filipinos, the words "El Niño" evoke memories of dried-up cracked earth in Mindanao rice fields, severe water rationing in Metro Manila, and agonizingly...

SAFE PASSAGE HOME: 500 Overseas Filipinos Repatriating from Saudi Arabia Amid Flight Disruptions

MANILA  (October 23)  — Around 500 Filipinos stranded in Saudi Arabia are set to land back home in...

JUSTICE HAS A NEW HOME IN SULU: Landmark Court Hub Signals End to Legal Isolation

PATIKUL, Sulu  (October 23)  — In a historic milestone for Mindanao’s legal landscape, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and...

From Davao’s Farms to West Africa: 32,000 Local Coconuts Head to Liberia in Landmark Humanitarian Export

DAVAO CITY  (October 23)  — Young coconuts grown right here in Mindanao soil are making history across the...

BEYOND TEEN PREGNANCY: Davao’s Fight to Shield Young Girls from Adult Exploitation and Systemic Silence

DAVAO CITY  (October 23)  — Behind the clinical data on adolescent pregnancies lies an alarming reality that Davao...
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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...

President Rody with His Royal Majesty King Salman Bin Abdulazziz Al Saud

President Rodrigo Duterte is accompanied by His Royal Majesty King Salman Bin Abdulazziz Al Saud, Custodian of Two Holy Mosques and officials of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after the welcome ceremony at His Majesty’s private residence in Rawdhat Khuraim on April 11, 2017. ROBINSON NIÑAL/Presidential Photo
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