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Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco is going on a nine-day scheduled leave “to spend time with her young family,” the Department of Tourism and the Palace said, rejecting speculations that it is related to the rebranding fiasco due to a promotional video that used stock footage of …

Only 1 percent of Filipino women gets tested for cervical and breast cancer, a study conducted by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) showed. Valerie Gilbert Ulep, PIDS senior research fellow, said in his study last month that “a big portion of the country's cancer burden is preventable if …

Lower supply from MWSS, says Maynilad Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) is cutting water flow to five of its service areas for as much as 12 hours daily starting July 12, following a further reduction in the supply of raw water from the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS). “The …

It will be a hot and humid Sunday as the easterlies will continue to prevail, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said. Weather specialist Daniel James Villamil said the easterlies, winds coming from the east that pass through the Pacific Ocean and bring warm and humid weather, …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will seek talks with Southeast Asian nations next week to push back on China, a top aide said Friday. Blinken will travel to Jakarta for talks with foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), flying straight from Lithuania where …

DENR to NCR chiefs, subdivisions: Collect rainwater, reuse wastewater DRYING UP. A farmer looks at the withered corn plants at his farm in Malagasang, Imus, Cavite on Sunday as excessive heat hit the area. The weather bureau has warned the public that El Niño has shown signs of strengthening in …

FOREIGN PRESENCE. The Japan Coast Guard vessel Akitsushima (left), leads the US Coast Guard cutter Stratton and Philippine Coast Guard vessels BRP Gabriela Silang and BRP Melchora Aquino in a trilateral exercise in the West Philippine Sea on July 5. Meanwhile, the Italian Navy vessel Francesco Morosini (right) is docked …

SILENT VISITORS. In these photos provided by the office of Senator Imee Marcos, C-17 Globemasters of the US Air Force are parked at the tarmac in Manila before heading to Palawan, as evidenced by tracking data posted by the website FlightRadar24. Marcos has questioned the reason behind the landings in …

THE Italian Navy ship Francesco Morosini arrived in Manila on Saturday, signaling the start of a more robust military cooperation between Italy and, according to its Ambassador to the Philippines Marco Clemente, to send a “clear signal that this region is important to us and we want to play a …

BISHOP Pablo Virgilio David of the Diocese of Kalookan was reelected president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Saturday, July 8. The 64-year-old prelate assumed the position during the CBCP's 126th plenary assembly on Saturday, at the Marzon Hotel in Kalibo, Aklan. The bishop will be …