A bill seeking to shorten the government procurement process from 45 to 27 calendar days will end recurring delays, particularly in the implementation of infrastructure projects. Under House Bill (HB) 7944 or the ‘Ang Bagong Pilipinas Government Procu…

A senator reiterated his call for the passage of Senate Bill (SB) 191 or the Advanced Nursing Education Act, which seeks to update the country’s nursing curriculum and training methods to meet the demands of modern healthcare practices. In a news rele…

As international negotiators committed to hammering out a draft treaty by November on ending plastic pollution, the UN chief stressed in his message for World Environment Day on Monday the importance of curbing the ‘catastrophic’ consequences of waste…

A police station commander in Angeles City in Pampanga and six other policemen were nabbed for alleged unlawful arrest and arbitrary detention of 13 civilians. Agents of the Philippine National Police (PNP) anti-scalawag unit arrested station commande…

The first batch of Filipino pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia to embark on the 2023 Hajj, the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh announced Sunday. The group composed of 292 men and women landed at the Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport …

Projects that are in need of more funding must be included in the annual investment plan (AIP) or risk not getting their needed allocation, Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas warned provincial officials. In an interview with the Philippine News Age…

Over 449 million children were living in areas of violent conflict in 2021, international non-governmental organization Save the Children reported. In 1982, the United Nations (UN) declared June 4 the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of …

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has monitored an increased degassing activity from Taal volcano since Saturday night in the form of visible upwelling of volcanic fluids. In an advisory on Sunday, Phivolcs said the ‘fl…