Day: September 30, 2024

Manila: The joint patrols of Philippine defense forces, together with the United States, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) are a ‘clear display’ of the country’s resistance to China’s bullying, Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros. In a statement on Monday, Hontiveros described the exercises as a commitment of the international community to uphold the rules-based order in the entire South China Sea. “It shows that we who believe in the rule of law will not tolerate any form of violence, threat, or intimidation,” Hontiveros said. “I do think that these (joint patrols) help put

Manila: A priest on Monday called on the faithful worldwide to pray the Rosary daily as the best weapon to stop the conflicts in Ukraine and Lebanon, as well as natural disasters occurring in many parts of the globe. Rev. Fr. Carlos Reyes, parish priest of the Guadalupe Catholic Church in Makati City, made the remarks on the eve of the annual observance by the Catholic Church of the Holy Rosary Month every October. ‘Pray the Rosary, erase that fear,’ he said in an interview with the Philippine News Agency. Reyes added that ‘during these troubled times, we must always

LEGAZPI CITY – More than 500 residents from six barangays in Tabaco City, Albay received medical, dental, and livelihood assistance during a mission organized by the Ako Bicol (AKB) Party-list on Monday. AKB Rep. Raul Angelo Bongalon said the mission, called the “Tarabangan Caravan,” aims to bring essential government services to remote areas. “We are visiting various towns across six provinces, and this is our 22nd Tarabangan Caravan,” Bongalon said. In an interview, 59-year-old Alicia Brozo from Barangay Bantayan expressed gratitude for the free medical services that helped ease her pain. “My legs have been hurting for some time, and

Manila: The inaugural Balangay Forum is a good avenue where Filipinos can help each other in times of trouble in the country’s maritime domain, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said on Monday. “I hope that this forum is also a venue for not only the maritime interests per se as a point of defining which is what and to whom these things belong, but to defining how we can help each other in cases of dangers posed by the maritime domain, tsunamis, typhoons, disasters or collisions at sea, and the like,” Teodoro said in his message

Manila: The Philippines is now ready to be the ‘go to destination’ of high-tech and high-impact investments, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Monday. Marcos made the pronouncement as he led the inauguration of the StBattalion (StB) Giga Factory – the country’s’ first manufacturing plant for lithium-iron-phosphate batteries- in a ceremonial switch-on at the Filinvest Innovation Park at the New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac. Funded by the Australian investment firm St Baker Energy, the project was part of the investment commitments Marcos secured during his trip to Melbourne in March this year for the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit. In his