Chinese ships spotted near ‘Balikatan’ drills; no disruption reported

By Darryl John Esguerra | Philippine News Agency On Sunday, April 27, the Philippine Navy confirmed the presence of Chinese warships near joint Philippine-United States naval exercises that were conducted off the coast of Zambales but emphasized that training operations proceeded without...

U.S. anti-ship missile system deployed in ‘Balikatan’

By Darryl John Esguerra | Philippine News Agency The United States (U.S.) has deployed its NMESIS (Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System), an anti-ship missile system, during the ongoing Balikatan Exercises in the Philippines. According to Lt. Col. John Paul Salgado, chief of the...

Pope buried in Rome’s Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica

By Agence France-Presse Pope Francis was buried inside his favorite Rome church after a funeral mass in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican said on Saturday. Francis, who died on April 21, aged 88, was laid to rest during a 30-minute ceremony which started...

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PBBM vetoes bill amending BCDA charter

By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos | Philippine News Agency President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has vetoed the measure amending the charter of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) announced on Saturday, April 26. Marcos thumbed down the proposed...