MANILA: Reliance Broadcasting Unlimited (RBU), the newly-created affiliate company of fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc., was the official partner of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) for the live feed of President Ferdina…
Day: July 31, 2024
Cops seize P2-M marijuana in Cebu, Cavite, Las Piñas
MANILA: Authorities seized more than PHP2 million worth of marijuana in operations in the provinces of Cebu and Cavite and the city of Las Piñas in Metro Manila on Tuesday, the Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) said.
In a state…
Marcial suffers upset loss; Sanchez bows out, too
MANILA: Boxer Eumir Marcial and swimmer Kayla Sanchez bid their Paris Olympics medal hopes goodbye early Wednesday.
Marcial was on the wrong end of one of the biggest upsets so far in the boxing event as the 2021 Tokyo bronze medalist fell prey to Ol…
AirAsia to launch Manila-Nagoya route in October
MANILA: AirAsia Philippines is expanding its network in Japan, introducing flights between Manila and Nagoya starting Oct. 29.
The low-cost carrier will fly thrice weekly – every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday – between the Ninoy Aquino International…
PH, US working to conclude military intel pact by end of 2024
MANILA: The Philippines and the United States are working to conclude and sign a key military intelligence sharing deal by the end of the year, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III said Tuesday.
Speaking after the 2+2 Foreign and Defense Ministerial…
BSP sees July inflation to settle between 4-4.8%
MANILA: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) forecast that inflation rate in July 2024 will settle between 4 and 4.8 percent.
The inflation rate projection is higher than last month’s 3.7 percent.
‘Higher electricity rates along with the increased …
Manalo on Ayungin deal: No prior notification, only ‘info exchange’
MANILA: The Philippine government on Tuesday clarified anew that there was no agreement to notify China before its conduct of resupply missions to the Ayungin Shoal.
In a joint press conference in Quezon City, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo…
DSWD allots P182-M for supplementary feeding program in Ilocos Region
MALASIQUI: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has allocated PHP182.4 million for the 120-day supplementary feeding program of 101,374 children in the Ilocos Region starting September this year.
The program will benefit learners a…
Petecio dominates Indian foe for spot in Paris Olympics R16
MANILA: A second Filipino boxer is through to the Round of 16 after Nesthy Petecio scored a unanimous decision win in the women’s 57-kilogram class over Jaismine Lamboria of India in the Paris Olympics past midnight Wednesday (PH time).
Three judges …