President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has inaugurated San Miguel Corp.’s World-Class Controlled-Climate Magnolia Poultry Farm in Davao del Sur, which is seen to help ensure food security in the country. “Of the sectors I have mentioned, we put a high premium on investments in agriculture, as it is the key to combating hunger and poverty,…
By Nanette Guadalquiver BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental provincial government launched a bamboo growing initiative at the soon-to-open Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center (NOLITC) Global Campus in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City on Friday. The planting activity, led by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, will pave the way for the NOLITC Bamboo Garden. Diana…
TOKYO – In the face of a serious shortage of drivers in the logistics industry, Japan’s government and commercial vehicle makers are accelerating experiments aimed at putting self-driving trucks into practical use. They are aiming to attain so-called Level 4 autonomous driving, or driving without human intervention under certain conditions. In addition to carrying out the…
The Publishers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI) has emerged as a credible name in election-related surveys following the results of the May 12, 2025, national elections. PAPI’s senatorial preference survey, which drew data from 42,000 barangays nationwide and incorporated inputs from social media platforms—Facebook, YouTube, Instagram—as well as bloggers, successfully predicted 10 out of…
HOUSTON, United States – The Pentagon released a study Friday about UFOs, aliens and extraterrestrial intelligence and said it has found no evidence of their existence after investigating sightings of nearly eight decades of unidentified flying objects. “All investigative efforts, at all levels of classification, concluded that most sightings were ordinary objects and phenomena and the…
Malacañang issued Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 37 on Monday, directing the urgent implementation of the government’s National Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorism Financing and Counter-Proliferation Financing Strategy 2023-2027 and calling on concerned agencies to support efforts in fighting money laundering and terrorism financing risk assessment. “In accordance with their respective mandate, all concerned departments, agencies, bureaus, and…
House of Representatives Deputy Majority Leader Janette Garin has urged parents to have their children properly vaccinated as cases of pertussis in the country continue to increase. Garin, a former Health Secretary, made the call after the Department of Health logged 1,477 cases of pertussis with 63 deaths nationwide from January 1 to April 6 this year. She said “vaccine hesitancy” was the…
THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) celebrated the Regional Science, Technology and Innovation Week (RSTW) in Cagayan Valley on Nov. 14-16 with the theme, “Siyensya, Teknolohiya at Inobasyon: Kabalikat sa Matatag, Maginhawa at Panatag na Kinabukasan.”
Young Filipino leaders escorted by APCU Chair Emeritus Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and APCU Chair Raul Lambino during a trip last year to China enjoying the famous Great Wall in Beijing. The Philippines is sending a five-member delegation to the 10th ASEAN-China Youth Exchange Festival in Nanning, Guangxi next week with a mission to…
SAN JOSE, Batangas – CALABARZON region’s farmers and fisherfolk reeling from El Niño’s impact have received much-needed aid for livelihood recovery. On July 11, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. personally led the distribution of assistance under the Presidential Assistance for Farmers, Fisherfolk, and their Families (PAFFF) program to beneficiaries from Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, Rizal, and…
