MANILA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) yesterday [5 December 2016] inaugurated the country’s first Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Operations Center (DRRM) for agriculture. Envisioned to be a monitoring hub for natural calamities that pose a threat to the agriculture sector, the centre will serve as […]
DAVAO CITY, Philippines, Dec. 6 – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte warned Friday of worst terrorism problem in the country’s history as authorities placed the nation in terror alert level 3. “Nakikita naming in the next two three years. Bantay kayo,” Duterte said over the weekend during the culmination of Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group […]
MANILA, Nov. 10 — The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) Secretary Jesus G. Dureza pointed out that the concerns of the group of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founding chairman Nur Misuari and his followers will have to be handled separate from that of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) […]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — President Obama threw the power of the White House behind Hillary Clinton on Wednesday. He faulted how the F.B.I.director, James B. Comey, handled new emails related to the investigation into Mrs. Clinton’s private server, and then shouted out to college students here in a pivotal battleground state that it was crucial that they vote […]
The U.S. embassy in New Delhi has warned American citizens of possible Islamic State related terrorist attacks in India. “Recent Indian media reports indicate ISIL’s desire to attack targets in India,” said the embassy in a travel advisory posted on its website Tuesday. It said there was an increased threat in places such as religious sites, markets […]
Hillary Clinton is throwing everything she has got at Florida to try to change the national conversation. It was gone 10.30pm when she finally finished the third rally of a gruelling flying visit on Tuesday, the fifth day spent here in the last week alone. The skies over the sunshine state are filling with campaign charter […]
MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 2 — The United States government is supporting the delivery of relief supplies to Typhoon Lawin-affected communities in northern Luzon through an ongoing three-year, $2-million partnership between the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, the Government of the Philippines, and the United Nations World Food […]
DAMASCUS, Nov. 1 — At least 84 civilians have been killed and 280 others wounded since the rebels unleashed a major offensive in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, the Syrian army said in a statement Monday. The high number of causalities came as the rebels fired over a hundred mortar shells, 50 Grad missiles, and […]
MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 1 — The Field Offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) are on alert during the observance of ‘Undas’ or All Saints Day and All Souls Day on November 1 and 2, respectively, to assist families or individuals who may need assistance as they travel to their provinces to […]
MANILA, PHILIPPINES, OCT. 19 — Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo reaffirmed her support to the country’s national minority groups and defenders of Indigenous Peoples’ (IPs) rights as they secure the collective rights of Lumad, Moros, and other indigenous peoples. “For hundreds of years, our indigenous peoples struggled to safeguard […]
MANILA, Philippines, Oct. 14 – Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo today said that so long as there are surveys that reveal findings that the poverty or hunger incidence in the country remains high, the national government and all its agencies should take survey results to heart and push to […]
KORONADAL CITY, Philippines, July 24 – Government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) representatives are set to meet in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia anytime to discuss the implementation of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro that represents the final peace agreement between the state and the rebel group. Ghadzali Jaafar, MILF’s first vice chair for political affairs, […]
COTABATO CITY, Philippines, July 19 – Maguindanao Governor Ismael Mangudadatu vehemently denied Monday accusations himself and two siblings are engaged in illegal drug trade. Mangudadatu made the pronouncement after a Facebook posts by a certain Bai Utto, apparently a pseudo-name, tagged him and two of his siblings, Khadafe and Ibrahim, as drug lords operating in […]
