French Navy flagship, aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle carrying multi-role fighter aircraft Rafale. — FRENCH CARRIER STRIKE GROUP/X CHARLES DE GAULLE, the flagship vessel of the French Navy, will visit Manila for the first time to hold joint maritime exercises within Manila’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) east of the country next month, according to the […]
PRESIDENT FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR. — PHILIPPINE STAR/NOEL B. PABALATE PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Thursday said 17 Filipino seamen who had been held hostage by Houthi rebels since November 2023 are set to return to the country “very soon” after successful mediation efforts with the Iran-backed group. “It is with utmost joy […]
DFA FACEBOOK PAGE THE DEPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday said it will work with Philippine law enforcement agencies to probe alleged Chinese espionage operations in the country. “The Department takes any indication of espionage operations by foreign nationals seriously and stands ready to support the Department of Justice, the National Bureau of Investigation […]
WORKERS at the National Printing Office seen working on printed ballots during the Comelec walk through on March 15, 2022. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) seeks to print about 1.5 million ballots daily starting Jan. 27 by using more printers after multiple delays caused by restraining orders issued by the […]
PHILSTAR FILE PHOTO PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Thursday said his government is eyeing closer cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the country’s development projects amid the bank’s leadership transition. “We fully intend to increase those (development) engagements and continue to make them stronger. Again, thank you for all the help,” he […]
PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBAN THE TRANSPORTATION department is expecting to get the approval for the Manila Bay-Pasig River-Laguna Lake (MAPALLA) ferry system project by the first semester of the year with the expected completion of the project’s feasibility study. “We are seeing the completion of the feasibility study by the first half of the year. We […]
LEVI MEIR CLANCY-UNSPLASH A BILL seeking to levy stiffer penalties for hospitals that detain patients with outstanding medical bills was filed at the House of Representatives on Wednesday. House Bill No. 11329 proposes imprisonment for “any officer or employee of the hospital” that detains patients that have unsettled medical bills, while dangling the possibility of […]
PHILSTAR FILE PHOTO THE Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said its backlog of 36 million Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) or National ID cards will require a resort to decentralized printing, for which additional funds will be needed. “We are working on decentralized printing. We will try to wipe out that backlog if given additional funds because […]
REUTERS THE Board of Investments (BoI) said it is set to release the 2025-2028 Strategic Investment Priority Plan (SIPP) in the first half, with the new edition expected to rationalize the sector and tier listings of the government’s preferred investments. At the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Doing Business in the Philippines 2025 […]
PHILSTAR FILE PHOTO THE National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) reiterated that it is Filipino-controlled, allaying concerns about its Chinese shareholder’s role in operations. “The State Grid Corp. of China (SGCC) does not exercise control over the power grid nor over NGCP,” NGCP Vice Chairman Henry Sy, Jr. told the House committee on legislative […]