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MANILA, Philippines — The National Security Council (NSC) will allow the conduct of a Christmas convoy in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) that will be heading for Pagasa Island and will pass by Ayungin Shoal where Philippine Navy soldiers are stationed at the grounded BRP Sierra Madre.
MANILA, Philippines — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $450-million (approximately P24.89 billion) loan to assist the Philippines in enhancing health policy reforms and improving access of Filipinos to treatments and services for Filipinos.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 4) — Hundreds of food delivery riders marched to protest against Grab Philippines’ continuous implementation of the new fare matrix as well as the “unjust” suspension of some drivers.
LEGAZPI CITY – DAR Bicol once again championed the advocacy of providing and delivering adequate and excellent agrarian justice to Bicolano agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), farmers, and their families in 2023. This and many other positive updates regarding the outstanding performance of the sector were presented during the Year-End Performance Review and Enhanced Workshop for the Legal Sector held on November 22–24, 2023, at the Primus Hotel and Resort, Caceres Heights, Pacol, Naga City.
TEL AVIV, Israel — Visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday urged Israel to create safe zones for Palestinian civilians in Gaza before it resumes "major military operations" in the Hamas-ruled territory.
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Bong Go visited Candijay on Wednesday to celebrate the town’s 169th founding anniversary, an event attended by Rep. Alexie Tutor, Mayor Thamar Olaivar, Vice Mayor Christopher Tutor as well as mayors and other officials of nearby municipalities.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — A Hamas source said Wednesday, hours before a truce in fighting with Israel in the Gaza Strip was set to expire, that the Palestinian militant group was not satisfied with Israel's proposals for another extension.
MANILA, Philippines — At least 40 boats will be participating in the three-day Christmas caravan being organized by the Atin Ito Coalition in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) next weekend.
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), through its Office for Mindanao Affairs (OMA), and the Bangsamoro government, through the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR) initiated the drafting of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate and share resources on the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Last Tuesday, November 28, 2023, the MOU was signed by Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III for DAR, and Ahod B. Ebrahim for BARMM.