newsinfo.inquirer.net —  5+ hour, 19+ min ago

...North Luzon Command head Lieutenant General Fernyl Buca.... ...state,” Centino said in a speech read by Buca, on behalf of AFP Chief of Staff Andres Centino.... ...Troops from the Philippine Marine Corps-Battalion Landing Team-10 are currently stationed on the island.... ...DND chief says 21 of 29 mayors in Cagayan back Edca...

newsinfo.inquirer.net —  4+ hour, 59+ min ago

...Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said 68% of the flooded territory was on the Russian-occupied left bank of the Dnipro River.... ...the Kherson region in southern Ukraine was under water on Thursday following the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, the regional governor... ...Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address late on Wednesday that it was impossible to predict how many people would die in Russian-occupied... ...Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and Ukraine blame each other for the destruction of the Russian-occupied...

newsinfo.inquirer.net —  4+ hour, 59+ min ago

...Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said 68% of the flooded territory was on the Russian-occupied left bank of the Dnipro River.... ...the Kherson region in southern Ukraine was under water on Thursday following the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, the regional governor... ...Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address late on Wednesday that it was impossible to predict how many people would die in Russian-occupied... ...Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and Ukraine blame each other for the destruction of the Russian-occupied...

newsinfo.inquirer.net —  5+ hour, 37+ min ago

...,” PCG spokesperson for West Philippine Sea affairs Commodore Jay Tarriela told reporters.... ...Pictures of the suspected debris from China"s first space cargo ship Tianzhou, courtesy of the Philippine Coast Guard MANILA, Philippines -- A fisherman... ...INQUIRER.net obtained images of the debris from the Philippine Coast Guard.... ...Tarriela said the debris is currently under the custody of the PCG station in Limay, Bataan....

newsinfo.inquirer.net —  8+ hour, 13+ min ago

...This comes after Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson Jay Tarriela confronted Chinese defense minister Li Shangfu on the “apparent disconnect” in... ...disputes in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), newly-appointed Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. remarked on Thursday.... ...PH wins arbitration case over South China Sea Teodoro said China could have aired its side if only they participated in the proceedings.... ...PH coast guard spox confronts China on its "disconnect" in words and actions in WPS  According to Teodoro, the arbitral tribunal that decided on...

newsinfo.inquirer.net —  6+ hour, 51+ min ago

...RCEP is a free trade pact among the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)--Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia... ..., Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam--and its five FTA partners: Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand.... ...Last April, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balicasan, who heads the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), announced that... ...In September 2021, then-President Rodrigo Duterte signed RCEP....

newsinfo.inquirer.net —  7+ hour ago

...MANILA, Philippines--President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed the former Bureau of Customs (BOC) intel chief at the Ninoy Aquino International... ...Airport (Naia) as the director of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS).... ...operations against drug smuggling were also successfully conducted with the assistance of the CIIS.... ...Turkish national yields P28.85 million worth of cocaine at Naia  Meanwhile, Enciso assured the administration that the CIIS would support the programs...

newsinfo.inquirer.net —  6+ hour, 17+ min ago

...(NIÑO JESUS ORBETA/Inquirer) MANILA, Philippines -- National Unity Party (NUP) president and Representative Luis Raymund “LRay” Villafuerte Jr. warned... ...Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte Jr.... ...The former Camarines Sur governor noted the legislative performance under Romualdez"s leadership.... ...Reaffirming his call for unity, Villafuerte said that the NUP -- the second largest power group in the House, next to the Romualdez-led Lakas-Christian...

newsinfo.inquirer.net —  5+ hour, 44+ min ago

...MANILA, Philippines --In a span of just one month, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) driver"s license backlog has surged to approximately 690,000... ...Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista revealed the figure on Thursday during the Senate blue ribbon and public services committees" investigation... ...Senator Francis Tolentino, chairman of the blue ribbon panel, highlighted that the current backlog tally is nearly half a million more than the 234,149... ...driver"s license pileup reported by the LTO during a House transportation committee inquiry in early May....

newsinfo.inquirer.net —  4+ hour, 58+ min ago

...Alberto Lupaz, Davao City Police Office chief, said rape with homicide charges were filed last Monday against Dennis Roy Panzan, Kenth Lawrence Espinosa... ..., Renato Bayansao and one still unidentified suspect for the death of 28-year-old Vlanche Marie Bragas, whose body was found under dried banana fronds... ...Bayansao is now under the custody of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) following his arrest at his home in Calinan on May 27 for illegal... ...Bragas" case has shocked this city of 1.6 million, with former President Rodrigo Duterte calling on television for the resignation of city police...