A waste and pollution watchdog warned Wednesday against the burning of used tires and trash during the New Year revelry to prevent toxic pollutants from endangering the public's health, climate and environment.
The EcoWaste Coalition appealed for (...)
Albay province where l the beautiful but dangerous Mayon volcano is located registered an all-time high number of tourists, exceeding the past years even as volcanologists warned of its imminent danger.
Mayon has been visited by an average of 2, (...)
Amid successive storms that devastated the country and poverty of many Filipinos, some 36 labor attaches had been exposed to have spent P26 million, a portion coming from collections in their countries of assignment, for “extravagant entertainment.” (...)
Six passengers died and at last 22 others were missing in the second sea disaster in three days off the province of Batangas, officials said Sunday.
Search teams rescued at least 60 passengers and crew of a ferry, MV Baleno-9, which sank off (...)
Divers Saturday tried to reach the wreck of a passenger boat that sank two days earlier while rescuers kept up their search for 24 people listed as missing in the accident.
At least 46 passengers of the MV Catalyn B were rescued after it sank off (...)
The Coast Guard is initially eyeing the “human error” angle in its investigation into the collision between two veseels off the coast of Cavite Thursday.
At least three people died and 24 others remain missing in the sea tragedy. Rescuers continued (...)
Six of the 20 Filipino crew of a cargo ship which sank off Lebanon last week remain missing and feared dead, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday.
At least 13 have been rescued and one died after the Danny F 2 sank in stormy (...)
Leaders of the militant government workers union, Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage) pressed Sunday their demand for “speedy justice” for the victims of the Maguindanao massacre which claimed the (...)
Despite the overseas Filipino workers' (OFWs) remittacnes that keep on propping up the Philippine economy, the 10 million Filipino migrant workers remain “marginalized, unprotected and neglected,” a group of OFWs said.
The Middle East branch of (...)
Hospitals and health centers within eight kilometers radius of Mayon Volcano in Albay were placed on blue alert and ordered to attend to families evacuated from their homes.
The orders came from the Albay Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (...)
Following the success of SINAG, the Philippines' first solar car, the Philippine Solar Car Society now launches SIKAT, a second solar-powered car.
A group of faculty and students from the Mechanical Engineering and the Electronics and (...)
Motorists should not give alms to street carolers lest it would encourage them and make them prone to road accidents, the Department of SocialmWelfare and Development advised Tuesday.
DSWD Secretary Esperanza Cabral cited reports of street children (...)
Manhunt for a group of rebel militia some of whom were involved in the Nov. 23 massacre of 57 civilians and journalists continues despite the lifting of martial law in Maguindanao, officials said.
The militiamen, numbering to nearly 2,000 are (...)
Several Filipinos were arrested in the United States for allegedly arranging sham marriages for Filipinos wanting to marry American citizens in exchange for $3,000 in a move to legalize their stay in the US and eventually get American (...)
It will not be a merry Christmas for local government unit (LGU) employees this year. “As much as we laud the Department of Budget and Management's (DBM) effort to provide an additional bonus to national government employees, we are also saddened by (...)
A Filipino diplomat has expressed concern over a marked increase of trafficking in Filipino women to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and other Middle East counries.
Benito Valeriano, the consul-general in Dubai, said (...)
Joining calls for justice for the victims of the Maguindanao massacre, about 50 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Hong Kong will run and fast Sunday for peace in the province and the entire Mindanao region.
The Muslim-Christian Community of Hong (...)
At least 2,500 families or about 10,000 people were left homless following a seven-hour fire that killed two children and razed some 1,000 houses in Manila Thursday night.
Families whose houses at the corner of Oroquieta Street and Claro M. Recto (...)
Confident that majority in Congress will vote in favor of martial law in Maguindanao, a Malaca?ang official urged lawmakers Thursday to hasten the voting in their joint session.
News agencies reported a heated debate on whethere the imposion of (...)
Police tightened security around the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) office in Manila after finding firearms and a grenade inside a mysterious sport-utility vehicle (SUV) parked there Tuesday night.
It was not clear if the development was (...)
Exactly 321 Filipinos in Qatar took the first licensure examinations conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) for architecture and engineering last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday.
Citing a report from (...)
The military showed its might Tuesday by flying bomber planes over a province under martial law, as helicopters dropped leaflets urging the surrender of a warlord's militia.
The flights by the bomber planes in Maguindanao province were aimed at (...)
The Philippines thanked Saudi Arabia Tuesday for ensuring the safety of Filipino pilgrims who performed Haj.
Philippine Consul General in Jeddah Ezzedin Tago also congratulated the Filipino pilgrims for completing the pilgrimage.
“The Kingdom's (...)
Government security forces in Metro Manila have been placed on “blue” alert in anticipation of possible spill-over of tense situation in Maguindanao which has been placed under martial law. The forces from the military's National Capital Regional (...)
With the imminent displacement of some 250,000 Overseas Filipino Worker (OFWs) due to the ongoing credit crisis in Dubai, government officials have promised the Philippine government is ready to extend help the migrant workers.
Press Secretary (...)
