Philippines Star

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Saturday issued a warning about the potential risks posed by heavy rainfall in the vicinity of Mayon Volcano.

"Dodong" further intensifies into tropical storm while it strengthens the southwest moonsoon that will bring gusty conditons to many parts of Luzon and western Visayas, according to the state weather bureau.

The number of registered mobile phone subscriber identification modules in the Philippines has surpassed 100 million, the National Telecommunications Commission reported. 

Tropical Depression Dodong maintains its strength over the West Philippine Sea west of Ilocos Region, this as the enhanced Southwest Monsoon continues to bring significant amounts of rains within the next three days.

Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra is not too optimistic that the Philippines will get a favorable ruling on its appeal against the resumption of the International Criminal Court drug war probe.

Heavy rainfall experienced in the past days have not been enough to improve the water level of Angat Dam, National Water Resources Board executive director Sevillo David Jr. said yesterday.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the death of an overseas Filipino worker in Hong Kong whose body was found at the Tsing Yi public pier on July 13.

Flooding in Metro Manila during heavy rains may be a thing of the past in seven years, an official of the Department of Public Works and Highways said on July 13.

The Office of the Solicitor General has created a “special team” to study possible legal action regarding China’s continued refusal to recognize the ruling of an international arbitration court in 2016.

The proposed reform of the military and uniformed personnel (MUP) pension fund was on top of the list of issues tackled during a recent meeting between Speaker Martin Romualdez and Philippine National Police chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr.

The Department of Migrant Workers will be holding online overseas job fairs twice a month starting this July.

The Department of Health has welcomed the Supreme Court ruling that dismissed petitions challenging the constitutionality of COVID-19 regulations imposed by different government agencies as well as local government units.

Describing it as a work of fiction, President Marcos does not see any problem in allowing the release of the movie “Barbie” in Philippine cinemas.

An incoming Grade 5 student from Olongapo City won a gold medal in an international mathematics competition held in New York City this week.

Still showing its gratitude after seven decades, the Japanese embassy in Manila commemorated on July 13 the 70th anniversary of the presidential pardon granted by the Philippine government to Japanese prisoners of war.

A group of local rice traders on July 14 said rice at P38 per kilo of rice would also be made available to the Kadiwa outlets amid the continued spike in retail prices of the grains.

Eleven suspects in the assassination of Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo and nine others were transferred to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facility at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City on Thursday evening.

Over 466,000 employers failed to remit over P92.49 million worth of premium collections to the Social Security System last year, according to the Commission on Audit.

The Commission on Audit has flagged the Department of Tourism over irregular, unnecessary and excessive expenses worth over P6.1 million last year.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday that more than 80 million Filipinos are now registered under Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) or the national ID.