By Charmaine A. Tadalan, Reporter CHINA’S PUSH for innovation and green development in its fifth plenary session expands opportunities for technological development and investments that the Philippines must be ready to capture, an analyst said. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), led by President Xi Jinping, on Oct.

VP election protest: SolGen says Supreme Court has no power to order special poll THE SUPREME Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has no power to call for a special election to settle the election protest against Vice President Ma. Leonor G. Robredo, the

AGRICULTURAL DAMAGE caused by Typhoon Rolly (international name: Goni) is now estimated at P2 billion, up from the previous tally of P1.75 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). In a virtual briefing Tuesday, DA Field Operations Service Director Roy M. Abaya said that the

ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES (ECs) sustained damage estimated initially at P30.5 million during the transit of Typhoon Rolly (international name: Goni), according to the National Electrification Administration (NEA) in a power situation report Tuesday. The typhoon, which was officially classified as a supertyphoon, retained much of its strength

GOVERNMENT agencies need to accelerate the devolution of projects and programs to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) according to the Department of Finance (DoF), which is taking a lead role in relations between the government and the newly-formed autonomous government. In a statement,

AVERAGE INCOME reported by corn farmers, as measured in an indicator called net returns, fell 15.5% to P16,598 per hectare in 2019, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). In a report, the PSA said the average cost of corn production rose 2.5% to P24,740 per

KENOSHA, Wis./PITTSBURGH, Pa. — President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden made a last-ditch push for votes in battleground states on Monday as their campaigns prepared for post-election disputes that could prolong a divisive presidential election. Mr. Trump, who is trailing in national opinion polls,

VIENNA — Attacks across central Vienna, in which gunmen killed three people and injured several others, were carried out by at least one “Islamist terrorist,” Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said on Tuesday. In an early morning televised news conference, Nehammer repeated calls for the public

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo, Senior Reporter THE defending champions San Miguel Beermen (SMB) notched their fourth straight win in the PBA Philippine Cup on Tuesday but not after being made to sweat by the Blackwater Elite, 90-88, in overtime in the opening game of a

THE Azkals Development Team (ADT) barged into the win column of the Philippines Football League (PFL) after beating Mendiola FC 1991, 2-0, in the opening game on Tuesday at the Philippine Football Federation National Training Center in Carmona, Cavite. Went winless in its first two matches

Seeing the Philippine Olympic Committee elections later this month coming at a “critical point” in the body’s existence, presidential candidate Jesus “Clint” Aranas reiterated the need for members to be judicious in their decision on who to elect just as he touted their ticket’s platform