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THE Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has joined the Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) at 9 a.m. on November 9, 2023.

THE chief of the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said the Philippines cannot afford to wait for Chinese Official Development Assistance (ODA) to finance three railway projects. The ODA from China has been eyed to bankroll the Philippine National Railways (PNR) South Long-Haul Project, the Mindanao Railway Project and…

MANILA, Philippines: Four weather systems — the shear line, northeast monsoon, easterlies and localized thunderstorms — will be bringing scattered or isolated rains in the country today, Wednesday. Weather specialist Grace Castaneda of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the country would continue to have generally fair weather in the coming days. So far based on Pagasas data and analysis, we have not monitored any single disturbance ...

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced on Monday that the government would no longer pursue Chinese funding for three railway projects amid China’s aggression in the West Philippine Sea. China grossly failed to hold its end of the deal when it promised to fund these railway projects based on executive…

A total of four newly-elected barangay officials were killed a little over a week following the just concluded Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Wednesday, November 8, 2023.

The leadership of the House of Representatives on Wednesday said it sees a smooth House-Senate bicameral conference on the 2024 national budget. House Committee on Appropriations Chairman and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co made the statement as he welcomed the reported consensus among senators to remove confidential and intelligence funds…

COMPANIES planning to hire Generation Z, or those born in the late 1990s to early 2000, take heed. They give more importance to holistic wellness and health benefits over big paychecks. Those were the findings of the latest wellness index survey that local HMO PhilCare conducted titled “Philippine Workplace: The…

MANILA, Philippines: The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) has not monitored any single weather disturbance entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) until over the weekend, an official from the state-run weather bureau said. Weather specialist Patrick del Mundo said it is the easterlies -- winds coming from the east that pass through the Pacific Ocean and bring warm and humid weather -- that are affecting Palawan, Visayas and Mindana...

Bishop Joel Baylon says the grassroots elections could just be a preview of the 2025 national and local elections

The CIIE runs from November 5 to 10, 2023.