3D seismic surveys in Palawan for oil, gas resources completed

MANILA: The Department of Energy (DOE) said Tuesday two seismic surveys in the Palawan basins were completed as part of the country’s exploration for indigenous oil and gas resources.

Israeli firm Ratio Petroleum Ltd., the operator of Service Contrac…

SolGen: PH not obligated to cooperate with ICC, but can’t stop probe

MANILA: The Philippine government is not obligated to cooperate or facilitate any acts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against individuals in the country, even as the Philippine government cannot stop the ICC prosecutor from proceeding with …

Over 220M coins deposited in BSP deposit machines

MANILA: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said PHP831.77 million worth of coins have been deposited through its coin deposit machines (CoDM) as of July 15.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the BSP said the amount is equivalent to 223.02 million pie…

Paris Olympics: Kayla Sanchez thru to 100m freestyle semis

MANILA: ilipino-Canadian swimmer Kayla Sanchez booked her place in the women’s 100-meter freestyle semifinals of the Paris Olympics at La Defense Arena on Tuesday.

Competing in her second Olympics but the first under Team Philippines, the two-time To…

Marcos vows to continue improving PH maritime education

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday vowed to continue pushing for the advancement of maritime education in the country.

In his message during the 201st Commencement Exercises of the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy, read by Preside…

DA to roll out AVAC live vaccines vs. ASF in Q3 after FDA approval

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday said it will launch the government-controlled vaccination using the AVAC live vaccines against African swine fever (ASF) in the third quarter of the year.

This came after the Food and Drug Adminis…

Panel’s findings on poll case vs. Guo out this week – Comelec

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is expecting the recommendation of the fact-finding committee in charge of examining the poll documents of suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo to be out this week.

This would determine if the mayor c…