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Envoy seeks enhanced PH-EU dialogues

MANILA -- European Union (EU) Ambassador to the Philippines Franz Jessen said he wants to see more Philippine government officials visiting European Union member countries this year to enhance political dialogues...

PAL, Cebu Pacific to help repatriate OFWs in Kuwait

MANILA -- The Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Cebu Pacific (CEB) on Saturday pledged to mount special flights to Kuwait to help repatriate overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Gulf state. The airlines...

Lawyer behind ICC complaint dared: ‘Prove your numbers’

MANILA — Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Assistant Secretary Ana Maria Paz Banaag said Friday the number of casualties in the government's ongoing campaign against illegal drugs in the country has...

Frigate project still on despite HHI ‘troubles’

MANILA -- The Philippine Navy's PHP18-billion Frigate Acquisition Project (FAP), which was awarded to South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), is "still proceeding on schedule." This was the remark of Department...

TD spotted outside PAR; isolated rains over PH Sunday

MANILA -- A tropical depression (TD) was spotted outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) at about 1,355 kilometers east of Mindanao, state weather agency Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...

Recruiters back extension of ban on OFW deployment to Kuwait

MANILA -- A group of recruitment companies expressed support on the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to extend the suspension of the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Kuwait. “Although we...

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