South Korea wants to hire Filipino caregivers: envoy

South Korea is eager to hire more Filipino caregivers, its top diplomat in the Philippines said Tuesday night. In an interview at a reception in Taguig, South Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Lee Sang-hwa said discussions with the Philippine side …

PAF plane makes emergency landing in Mactan airport after engine fire

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) announced that one of its three Cessna C-208 EX Grand Caravan surveillance aircraft was forced to land at the Mactan Cebu International Airport after its engine caught fire shortly after take-off from an undisclosed loca…

Drop in approval, trust scores ‘not surprising’: PBBM

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Wednesday the double-digit drop in his approval and trust scores no longer came as a surprise, considering the plight of Filipinos bearing the brunt of the sudden spike in the prices of rice. In a media interview…

Mansour bin Zayed opens ADIPEC exhibition, conference 2023

Under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, opened on Oct. 2 the 39th edition of the A…

US Speaker McCarthy ousted following revolt from far-right Republican

Kevin McCarthy was removed from the speakership of the US House of Representatives on Tuesday in a historic vote prompted by a revolt from the top Republican’s right flank. The 216-210 vote saw eight Republican lawmakers and all present Democrats vote…

6.2 magnitude quake jolts parts of Northern Luzon

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Northern Luzon on Wednesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs said it traced the quake’s epicenter at 22 km. northwest of Dalupiri Island in Calayan, Cagayan pr…

P3.4-M worth of ‘shabu’ seized from Chinese father, son in Bulacan

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a Chinese national and his Filipino son and seized from them suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP3.4 million during a buy-bust in Barangay San Pablo, this city on Tuesday. PDEA 3 …