MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday touted the economic strengths of the Philippines as he positioned the country to become a key player in the Indo-Pacific region.

Speaking at the 6th Indo-Pacific Business Forum at the Bonifacio Glo…

MANILA: The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) on Tuesday deplored the grenade attack at a Catholic chapel in Cotabato City, wounding two churchgoers.

In a statement, OPAPRU chief Secretary Carlito Galvez J…

CALAMBA: The Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) has teamed up with the private sector to establish a silkworm-rearing facility in Pangil town in this province as part of a broader effort to grow a silk industry within Calabarzon.

In a phone…

MANILA: An official of the National Security Council (NSC) on Tuesday challenged China to allow third-party inspectors to check the current environmental condition of Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal).

“In the face of China’s repeated denials, we …

LONDON: Record-low levels of sea ice were seen in the Antarctic last year as a result of climate change, scientists confirmed in a report published on Monday.

‘In 2023, the area of winter Antarctic sea ice fell to the lowest measured since satellite …

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is preparing for the delivery of another batch of 20,000 automated counting machines (ACMs) from South Korea which is expected in August.

In an interview Tuesday, Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia s…

ILOILO: Concessionaires of Metro Pacific Iloilo Water (MPIW) have been warned of continued water service interruptions as it experiences a ‘severe water supply shortage’ after the raw water volume of its bulk water suppliers has reached ‘critically lo…

MANILA: The Chinese government’s policy of detaining ‘trespassers’ would be a violation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) if applied to areas beyond its jurisdiction in the South China Sea (SCS), the Department of Foreign…