Meralco braces for higher demand during dry season, El Niño

MANILA: Manila Electric Company (Meralco) executives said the firm has been preparing for higher electricity demand amid the nearing dry season and the ongoing El Niño.

In a press briefing at its headquarters in Pasig City on Monday, Meralco executi…

PH Army eyes stronger reserve force via community defense hubs

MANILA: The Philippine Army (PA) on Monday said it is beefing up its reserve force through the formation of regional and community defense centers.

“Currently, meron tayong mga bagong inorganize na mga regional community defense groups and community …

Gov’t forces sustain clearing ops in north Negros clash site

BACOLOD: Troops of the Philippine Army continue to conduct clearing operations in the hinterlands of northern Negros Occidental on Monday as classes resumed and some of the displaced residents returned home after a series of armed encounters in Barang…

PBBM names Jose Moises Salonga as new LWUA head

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. appointed lawyer Jose Moises Salonga on February 19 as the new Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) chief, replacing Homer Revil.

Salonga graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in 1999 with a degre…

NU secures 3rd straight win in UAAP women’s tennis

MANILA: Defending champion National University (NU) defeated Ateneo de Manila University, 3-2, to remain undefeated in the UAAP Season 86 women’s tennis competition at the Felicisimo Ampon Tennis Center-Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila on Sunda…

All systems go for construction of housing units under 4PH

MANILA: It’s “all systems go” for the construction of in-city housing units under the administration’s Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program, a House leader said.

House Appropriations Committee chair Elizaldy Co said Congress, as part of …

US soldier sets himself on fire in front of Israeli embassy

WASHINGTON: An active-duty member of the US Air Force set himself on fire Sunday outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. in protest against the war in Gaza, according to multiple reports.

‘I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I’m about …