MANILA – The Philippines and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed three key legal treaties covering extradition, mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, and the transfer of sentenced persons. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) recently said the agreements were signed during the World Government Summit in Dubai, where First Lady Liza Marcos represented President…
CONNECTOR ROAD. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairperson Romando ‘Don’ Artes (left) and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora (center) lead the unveiling of the Greenhills-West Crame connector road on Monday (Dec. 16, 2024). Zamora said the connector road would help ease traffic in San Juan City by serving as an alternative road from Barangay Greenhills…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assured all the residents affected by the Kanlaon Volcano eruption of the government’s continued support as he enforced a whole-of-government approach to ensure the welfare of the public and the immediate provision of assistance. In a video message, President Marcos said that the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS),…
The Universal Health Care (UHC) Coordinating Council will keep track of the spending of the special health fund by the local government units (LGUs) and local health systems in a bid to improve the country’s health system, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said Tuesday. “And what happens is there is going to be a special health…
National Security Adviser Eduardo Año (left) and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla (right) during the first Senate hearing on March 20, 2025 regarding the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte. (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan) The decision by several Cabinet officials to skip a Senate hearing on the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte was…
Disdained by most people, inflation also helps promote certain benefits like increasing remittances by overseas Filipino workers to their families back home.
Salceda urges Senate to pass senior’s universal pension, vows to help source out funds House Ways and Means Committee chair Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda has urged the Senate to approve the proposed Universal Social Pension for Senior Citizens Act (House Bill 10423 which he said is fiscally sustainable, and pledged to source out funds for it. The bill…
The Department of Science and Technology Region VIII (DOST VIII) continued its celebration of the 2025 Regional Science, Technology, and Innovation Week (RSTW) with a series of engaging activities on its second day, highlighting the theme of “Agham na Ramdam”, science that is felt through youth engagement, local enterprise support, and strengthened innovation spaces across…
The Department of Science and Technology – Central Luzon, under the leadership of its Regional Director Dr. Julius V. Sicat, joined in the festivities of the 2026 Uhay Festival in Science of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, on Tuesday, January 20. DOST PSTO-Nueva Ecija staff, led by Provincial Director Ms. Leidi Mel B. Sicat, participated in the…
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan – Jeju Air, touted as South Korea’s first and largest low-cost airline, will open its direct flights from Incheon to Puerto Princesa starting March 2024. Demetrio Alvior Jr., chief of the City Tourism Department (CTD), told reporters on Tuesday the new route is partly the result of collaboration between the city government and the South Korean Embassy in Manila. . Alvior disclosed that…
