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No decision yet on PH’s MCC aid eligibility

MANILA -- The country's slip on some areas in the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) scorecard for the fiscal year 2018 does not mean the Philippines is ineligible to receive grants, United...

South China Sea, N. Korea, counterterror top Trump’s ASEAN agenda

MANILA -- United States President Donald Trump’s priorities in his upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) trip include the denuclearization of North Korea, meaningful code of conduct negotiations in the...

Police arrest wife of terrorist leader Omar Maute

  MANILA — Police have arrested Minhati Madrais, the Indonesian wife of terrorist leader Omar Maute, authorities confirmed Sunday afternoon. Iligan City Police director Senior Supt. Leony Roy Ga said Madrais, alias "Baby,"...

CA junks Makati plea on claim over Fort Bonifacio

MANILA -- The Court of Appeals (CA) dismissed the motion for reconsideration filed by the Makati city government in connection with the rightful ownership claim of the 729-hectare Fort Andres Bonifacio,...

Hunt for remaining Maute stragglers continues

MANILA -- The hunt for the remaining Maute Group stragglers in newly-liberated Marawi City continues, Department of National Defense (DND) spokesperson Arsenio Andolong said Saturday. "The physical clearing of structures and search...

Malacañan welcomes PAL’s P6-B tax settlement

MANILA -- Malacañang welcomed the P6-billion settlement of Philippine Airlines (PAL) with the government, which is expected to fund the Duterte administration’s priority projects, particularly the rehabilitation of Marawi City. “That is a...

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