Philippine News

Britain’s King Charles III poses for a family photo with other participating world leaders and delegates during the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai on December 1, 2023. (Photo by Giuseppe Cacace / AFP) (Eagle News)–The Philippines on Friday, Feb. 9, expressed solidarity with the United Kingdom following the …

This screengrab from AFPTV aerial video footage taken on February 7, 2024 shows the site of a landslide in Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island in the southern Philippines. (Photo by Renante Naparan / AFPTV / AFP) MANILA, Feb 9, 2024 (AFP) – The rescue of a child on …

BANGSAMORO MEETING. President Marcos (center) sings the national anthem, with the Rizal Monument projected on the screen behind him, during the meeting of the National Government–Bangsamoro Government Intergovernmental Relations body at the PICC in Pasay City on Thursday. Flanking the President are (from left) BARMM Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal, Budget …

PHILCONSA-MOPC SPEECH. President Marcos speaks after receiving the ‘Golden Maharlika Medallion’ award during the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa) and Manila Overseas Press Club (MOPC) celebration of Constitution Day at Shangri-la Hotel in Makati City on Thursday. Listening are Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos. Ver Noveno …

Senator Juan Edgardo Angara (Photo from Senate of the Philippines’ FB Page) Senator Sonny Angara said Thursday that the plebiscite on proposed changes in the 1987 Constitution can be held simultaneously with the 2025 midterm elections. “I’m not sure about the legal basis of (Commission on Elections) Chairman (George) Garcia …

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Thursday presented its national cybersecurity plan to President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. amid reports of hacking attempts targeting government digital assets recently. “We presented the national cybersecurity plan to the President. This was, you know, more than a year in the making …

This handout photo taken and released on February 7, 2024 by the Philippine Army’s 60th Infantry “Mediator” Battalion shows Philippine soldiers transferring a landslide survivor from a helicopter to an ambulance following a medical evacuation flight from Maco to the Davao Regional Medical Center in Tagum, Davao del Norte province. …

DAVAO DISASTER. This screengrab from Agence France Presse TV aerial video footage taken on Wednesday shows the landslide in Davao de Oro province that killed at least six people and injured 31. President Marcos also conducted an aerial survey of the region already battered by heavy rains and flooding. Meanwhile, …

Biggest water supply. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (third from left) leads the inauguration of the Davao City Bulk Water Supply Project (DCBWSP), the largest of its kind in the country boasting a production capacity of 300 million liters per day. The transformative infrastructure project, the result of a long-standing partnership …

This screengrab from AFPTV aerial video footage taken on February 7, 2024 shows the site of a landslide in Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island in the southern Philippines. At least five people were killed and 31 injured when a rain-induced landslide engulfed two buses and houses in a …