Day: October 4, 2023

The Philippines said Wednesday it was investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of three Filipino fishermen after a foreign ship struck and sank their boat in the country’s exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea.The accident invol…

The “small committee” formed by the House of Representatives to receive and resolve amendments to the proposed PHP5.768-trillion national budget for 2024 has until Oct. 10 to finish its task, a House leader said on Wednesday. In a statement, House App…

The Slow Food Community of Negros Island will host the first-ever Terra Madre Visayas in this city on Nov. 15 to 19 to promote small-scale, traditional, and sustainable food production in the region. Terra Madre Visayas is the Filipino iteration of th…

Filipino world billiards champions Efren ‘Bata’ Reyes and Francisco ‘Django’ Bustamante will headline an exhibition match during the 2nd Mayor Albee Benitez 10-ball Billiards Tournament at the Main Atrium of SM City Bacolod on Oct. 8 to 12. The five-d…

South Korea is eager to hire more Filipino caregivers, its top diplomat in the Philippines said Tuesday night. In an interview at a reception in Taguig, South Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Lee Sang-hwa said discussions with the Philippine side …

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) announced that one of its three Cessna C-208 EX Grand Caravan surveillance aircraft was forced to land at the Mactan Cebu International Airport after its engine caught fire shortly after take-off from an undisclosed loca…

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Wednesday the double-digit drop in his approval and trust scores no longer came as a surprise, considering the plight of Filipinos bearing the brunt of the sudden spike in the prices of rice. In a media interview…