Philippines

The Duterte administration is telling water companies in Metro Manila to rethink how they lift costs , make price changes more transparent and reduce government assurances if they wish to proceed with their business. This is the wide strokes of new agreements drawn up for Manila Water Corporation Inc. and Maynilad Water Services Inc. by the Department of Justice, along …

It’s not yet over. This is due to Ulysses, the country’s 21st tropical cyclone this year, which intensified into a typhoon while entering the Quezon-Aurora region, several areas in Luzon were put under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 3. Ulysses which has the international name: Vamco, was listed as a typhoon at 8 a.m. From the original 110 kph, it …

Police forces  has confirmed that a popular Filipino journalist who once survived a previous attempt on his life by pretending to be dead has been killed outside his home. Virgilio Maganes, 62, a radio DJ commentator for DWPR radio station located north of the province of Pangasinan, died instantly after he was shot six times by motorcycle-riding gunmenMajor Christian Alucod …

The Philippine economy shrank more than what was expected annually in the third quarter due to the COVID-19 pandemic, based on the official data showed last Tuesday. This fallout eased after the government gradually lifted coronavirus restrictions. The country’s economy fell into its first recession in nearly 30 years in the April-June period, when the Philippines imposed one of the …

METRO MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) director Police Major Gen. Debold Sinas as the next Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief. It was announced by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque during his regular Malacañang press briefing today. Sinas will be succeeding General Camilo Cascolan of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Sinagtala Class of 1986 …

METRO MANILA – Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. on Monday has requested Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen to not join the proceedings on his election protest versus Vice President Leni Robredo. According to the motion filed Monday, Marcos asked for Leonen’s recusal sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) and re-raffle of the protest to another judge and …

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Red Cross Chairman and Sen. Richard “Dick” Gordon defended the non-profit organization after President Rodrigo Duterte mentioned that PRC is hungry for money. PRC was running after the government over some of its unpaid debts. Gordon says over the radio, “We’re not greedy. All I’m saying is let’s be careful with our words because we were …

MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Kiko Pangilinan seeks probe on the “beach nourishment” project that covers a small portion of Manila Baywalk with crushed dolomite. The project was reportedly cost P389 million and has received number of criticisms from marine scientist as costly and temporary solution. Pangilinan urges the Senate to investigate the possible environmental and health hazards of the Manila …

MANILA –  Philippine National athletes on Friday showed their gratitude to the Duterte administration for recovering their full month salary amid the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Olympic-bound boxers Eumir Felix Marcial, he will do his best to make Duterte and the country proud and will dedicate it to the Philippines if he wins the gold medal. Marcial is currently in …

METRO MANILA – Malacañang confirmed on Thursday that relief goods are being brought by air and sea to Catanduanes, the island badly hit bay the damaging Super Typhoon Rolly. According to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, atleast 35,000 families in Catanduanes have been affected by Typhoon Rolly. Over 7,000 people are in evacuation centers and estimated 45,886 individuals are on the …