MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at Malacañan Palace in Manila on Oct. 7.

Malacañang announced Thursday that Yoon will embark on a state visit to the Philippi…

Manila: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is closely monitoring reports of alleged foreign covert operations in the Philippines, its spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza said Thursday.

Speaking to reporters at the DFA office in Pasay, Daza said the i…

MANILA: The grandson of the late action star Fernando Poe Jr. (FPJ) is seeking to represent the FPJ Panday Bayanihan Party-list at the House of Representatives.

Brian Poe Llamanzares filed his certificate of nomination-certificate of acceptance of no…

Manila: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada on Thursday expressed his full support to the call of Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. for lawmakers to amend the country’s espionage laws.

In a statement, Estrada pointed out that current Ph…

MANILA: Senator Loren Legarda has underscored the need to investigate local civil registrars (LCRs) and the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to prevent the case of dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo from happening again.

In a press briefing on Thu…

LEGAZPI CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO) 5 (Bicol) arrested 110 individuals involved in illegal drug transactions during operations conducted in the region’s six provinces in September.

In a report on Wednesday, PRO-5 spokesperson, Lt. Col. Ma…

MANILA: The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) on Thursday signed a partnership deal with Australian firm AMSL Aero to explore the deployment of hydrogen-powered vertical take off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, or flying cars, in the coun…

MANILA: The United States government is providing an additional PHP485 million (USD9 million) to help expand basic education in the Philippines, the US Embassy in Manila said Thursday.

The fund will finance the US Agency for International Development…