THE PALIWAN Bridge, which links the northern and southern sides of Antique province in Western Visayas, is one of the major structures destroyed during the storm Paeng. — PROVINCE OF ANTIQUETHE COMBINED damage to agriculture and infrastructure due to storm Nalgae  has reached P11.84 billion,

BW FILE PHOTO/ LSDAVAOJRBUSINESSES in Davao City, one of the major commercial hubs in southern Philippines, are worried that local inflation will hold back ongoing recovery from the coronavirus pandemic with the October rate at 10.4%, higher than the country’s 7.7% and Davao Region’s 9.8%. An

@INDEMBMANILAA PHILIPPINE university has partnered with an Indian counterpart to advance marine research and development in the country, according to a statement released by the Indian Embassy on Sunday.  The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the Indian Maritime University and Batangas State University is part

SULTAN Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei and Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meet on Nov. 12 at the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Cambodia. — OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARYBRUNEI’S leader has renewed his country’s commitment to work closely with the Philippines on peace

A LAWMAKER has filed a bill to abolish the budget department’s procurement arm, which had been flagged by state auditors and probed by Congress over questionable purchases of medical supplies and overpriced laptops.   House Bill 5748 seeks to abolish the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement

REUTERSWASHINGTON — Debt levels among low- and middle-income countries rose sharply in 2021, with China accounting for 66% of lending by official bilateral creditors, World Bank President David Malpass said, underscoring the need to reduce the debt of poorer countries.The World Bank’s annual report on

Image via Architect of the Capitol PHOENIX — Democrats will hold onto control of the US Senate after Senator Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in Nevada, Edison Research projected on Saturday, handing a major victory to President Joseph R. Biden.Still, Republicans remained close to winning

MIKEERSKINE HZ0-UNSPLASHSHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — A few countries have resisted mentioning a global goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (1.50C) in the official text of the COP27 summit in Egypt, US Special Climate Envoy John Kerry said at the conference on Saturday.“You’re absolutely

THERANOS FOUNDER ELIZABETH HOLMES — EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORGTHERANOS founder Elizabeth Holmes should spend 15 years in prison and pay $800 million in restitution to investors defrauded in the blood testing start-up, US prosecutors recommended late on Friday.The Department of Justice recommendation, made in a court filing, came

A woman walks past Drum Tower during morning rush hour as Beijing, China, is hit by a sandstorm, March 15, 2021. — REUTERSBEIJING — China reported 14,878 new COVID-19 infections for Nov. 12, including a record number of new daily cases in capital city Beijing,

TWO PLANES collided midair on Saturday at a World War II commemorative airshow in Dallas, federal officials said.A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter collided and crashed at the Wings Over Dallas Airshow at Dallas Executive Airport at 1:20 p.m.

Iloilo province used to be “green” in so far as African swine fever (ASF) is concerned. But not since last month. On Oct. 17, the Provincial government of Iloilo implemented quarantine procedures and disease prevention and control measures against ASF-infected pigs, pork, and products derived