Comelec eyes audio-equipped voting machines for visually impaired
Panay news
MANILA â Audio technology for visually impaired voters is among several innovations of the new automated counting machines (ACMs) the Commission on Elections...
DILG to LGUs: Save water, prepare for El Niño fury
MANILA â Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. instructed local government units (LGUs) to sustain their preparations for the effects of El Niño from next...
US, PH to expand maritime security cooperation apart from joint patrols
WASHINGTON D.C., United States â The Philippines and the United States will expand cooperation on maritime security that will not just be limited to...
Marcos: US-based firm to put up 1st PH call center in Iloilo
Panay news
MANILA â President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. called a United States-based business process outsourcing (BPO) companyâs plan to establish its first call center in...
PH airspace shuts down for 6 hours on May 17
MANILA â The entire Philippine airspace will shut down for six hours on May 17, from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m., to make way...
US eyes $3 billion package to improve PH transport systems
WASHINGTON D.C., United States â The US seeks to boost its infrastructure development aid to the Philippines by leveraging over $3 billion in public...
Health depât not keen on return of mask mandate
MANILA â The Department of Health (DOH) is not endorsing the return of a mask mandate despite soaring cases of COVID-19 in the country,...
Marcos, Biden recommit to defense alliance amid China tension
WASHINGTON D.C., United States â President Ferdinand âBongbongâ Marcos Jr. and US President Joe Biden on Monday (early morning Tuesday, Philippine time) reaffirmed Manila...
UP embarks on pioneering study into âRugbyâ abuse
MANILA â Scientists from across the University of the Philippines (UP) are pioneering a first-of-its-kind multidisciplinary study into the chemical, physical and psychological impacts...
Labor groups hit agency created to probe violence vs workers
MANILA â Labor groups have lambasted President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.âs newly created interagency committee for falling short of the International Labor Organizationâs (ILO) recommendation...