MANILA: The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is ready to augment and support local government units (LGUs) in their ongoing rescue operations following a landslide that hit Davao de Oro, trapping workers of a mining firm last Feb. 6.

OCD administrator U…

MANILA: The goal of building a ‘Bagong Pilipinas’ (New Philippines) could not be realized if the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) lags behind, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Thursday.

During the 17th Meeting of the nati…

MANILA: The country’s gross international reserves (GIR) amounted to USD103.4 billion as of end-January this year, slightly lower than a year ago’s USD103.8 billion, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

In a statement late Wednesday, the BSP s…

BACOLOD: Slower annual inflation rates were recorded by Negros Occidental and this highly-urbanized city in January 2024 to 2.2 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively, primarily due to deceleration in food prices.

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)…

MANILA: A ranking official of the Philippine Navy sees the “asymmetric approach” as cheaper, faster and more effective strategy in defending the country’s waters.

The Navy’s Philippine Fleet deputy commander Commodore Roy Vincent Trinidad defines “as…

MANILA: A hydrologist on Thursday called on the public, especially Metro Manila residents, to conserve water as dam levels continue to decrease.

Angat Dam, which supplies 98 percent of the potable water in Metro Manila through the Metropolitan Waterw…

MANILA: The Philippine Tennis Association (Philta) has appointed De La Salle University’s Roland Kraut as coach of the U-14 boys team that will compete in the World Juniors pre-qualifying scheduled from Feb. 12 to 17 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Lucas Seba…

MANILA: States are urged to establish a marine protected area (MPA) within the high seas of the South China Sea (SCS) once the United Nations High Seas Treaty eventually enters into force.

The deal, also known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Juri…