Another 23 Filipinos to leave in following days A picture taken from Israel’s southern city of Sderot shows flares launched by Israeli forces above the Gaza Strip on October 29, 2023. (Photo by Fadel Senna/AFP) (Eagle News)–Twenty Filipinos are expected to leave Gaza on Sunday, Nov. 5, after signing up …
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Iloilo City to boost anti-drug efforts in barangays
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the city government want to take steps to curb illegal drug trade and drug use after newly elected barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials in this city were linked to these illegal activities. Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, chief of the Iloilo …
Read More »US navy commander rejects possibility of war in Indo-Pacific
A US navy commander has dismissed the possibility that a war might occur in the Indo-Pacific amid military tension between US and Chinese forces in the region. As Washington currently conducts the Pacific Partnership 2023, its largest humanitarian aid and disaster relief preparedness mission in the region, US Navy Mission …
Read More »Comelec declares 5 BSKE winners through draw lots in Bacolod
BACOLOD CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) proclaimed five candidates as winners in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) here through draw lots. JULY Mar Fernandez (seated right) secures the seventh spot as member of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) against Danilo Jaro of Barangay 10, Bacolod City in …
Read More »Israeli president meets PH envoy, other diplomats; conveys sorrow, concern
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Thursday (Israel time) met with Philippine Ambassador to Israel Junie Laylo and other foreign diplomats to tackle its current war with Hamas, which has already claimed the lives of thousands of civilians from both sides. In a post on X, Herzog said he sat down …
Read More »Over 1800 troops from PH, US, 3 other nations to gather in Manila for ‘KAMANDAG’ exercise
Amphibious assault vehicles (AAVs) of the Philippine Marine Corps, US Marine Corps, and Japan Ground Self Defense Force land on the beaches of Marine Base Gregorio Lim in Ternate, Cavite on Oct. 12, 2019 for the KAMANDAG Exercise. (Photo by PMC) More than 1,800 marines and other servicemen from the …
Read More »P250,000 offered for info on missing beauty queen
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The reward for information about the disappearance of Batangas beauty queen Catherine Camilon has reached P250,000. Another P150,000 was raised by the business sector in Batangas and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, the Police Regional Office 4-A headed by Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas …
Read More »“Multi-layered cooperation” key to free int’l order based on rule of law: Japan PM Kishida
President Bongbong Marcos and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Kishida is on a two-day official visit to the Philippines. He addressed the Philippine Congress in a special joint session on Saturday, Nov. 4./PCO/ (Eagle News)–“Multi-layered cooperation among allies and like-minded countries” is crucial in order to maintain and strengthen a …
Read More »PHL, Japan ink agreements on security, maritime cooperation, others
President Bongbong Marcos and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The Prime Minister is on a two-day official visit to the Philippines from Nov. 3 to 4./PCO/ (Eagle News)–The Philippines and Japan signed key agreements on security and maritime cooperation, as Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to strengthen cooperation with …
Read More »NEDA greenlights funding for AI early warning system for rice farming, 3 other agri-tech solutions
In this photograph taken on October 10, 2015, farmers work in a rice field near the International Rice Research Institute in Laguna./AFP/ Noel Celis/ (Eagle News)–The National Economic Development Authority has approved funding for an Artificial Intelligence early warning system for rice farming. Three other agri-tech solutions—an alternative onion storage …
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