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China extends sympathy to ‘Vinta’ victims

MANILA -- As the death toll of the deadly typhoon "Vinta" climbs to more than 100, the Chinese government on Tuesday extended its sympathy to Filipinos. In a statement sent to the...

ASEAN to finalize document pushing rights of PWDs in 2018

MANILA -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) said an enabling master plan to push further the rights of persons with disabilities (PWDs) is expected to be concluded and submitted...

LTFRB suspends 7 Partas buses over deadly Christmas Day mishap

MANILA -- The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has ordered the preventive suspension of a bus firm that figured in a Christmas Day road accident in Agoo, La Union...

Tagle seeks donations for victims of ‘Urduja,’ ‘Vinta’

MANILA -- Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle has appealed to the faithful to help the people affected by typhoons "Urduja" and "Vinta" in Visayas and Mindanao in the past weeks. He...

Quality time best gift OFWs can give loved ones: Prelate

MANILA -- An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-Commission on Pastoral Care for Migrant and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMI) urged overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are vacationing in the...

PCSO GM willing to be probed over ‘grandiose’ Xmas party

MANILA -- Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) general manager Alexander Balutan said he is open to an investigation on the millions of pesos allegedly spent by the agency for its Christmas...

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