Philippines Star

  Reina Mae Nasino, an activist whose three-month-old child died while she was in detention, has been acquitted of all charges related to illegal possession of firearms and explosives.

More Bicolanos could ride the Philippine National Railways starting on Monday as the Naga-Ligao route is once again expected to be operational — with the PNR linking the southern Luzon provinces of Camarines Sur and Albay.

Putting registered SIM cards on sale is “most likely” linked to scams and other crimes, a senator said on Thursday. 

Proclamation 298, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Tuesday, said the conditions that prompted former President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a state of lawlessness “have been significantly mitigated or reduced.” 

Memorandum Circular 26, which was signed Tuesday, adopted the Philippine Health Facility Development Plan (PHFDP) 2020 to 2040, which serves as the country’s strategy for infrastructure and medical investments. 

The partnership between the Philippines and Malaysia in the Halal industry has been established to generate more jobs in both countries.

Typhoon Egay (international name: Doksuri) left the Philippine area of responsibility Thursday morning after battering northern Luzon with strong winds and heavy rain.

Egay reportedly left four people from the Cordillera Administrative Region and one person from Calabarzon dead. Meanwhile, two people from Western Visayas were reportedly injured. 

Airport authorities announced the cancellation of select flights scheduled for Thursday in response to the prevailing inclement weather conditions.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised on June 8 the status of Mayon Volcano in Albay to Alert Level 3 after it showed an “increased tendency towards a hazardous eruption.”

Several areas have been flooded on Thursday, July 27 due to the rainfall brought by Typhoon Egay (international name: Doksuri).

Several classes and government work remain suspended on Thursday, July 27 as Typhoon Egay continues to bring occasional to monsoon rains over several parts of the country. 

Egay will continue to dampen Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, and the western portions of Abra and Benguet, according to PAGASA. 

Malacañang hopes the funding sources for the proposed reforms in military and uniformed personnel pension may be resolved “within the coming months.”

Sen. Grace Poe on Wednesday urged law enforcers to pursue and file charges against mobile phone scammers after the SIM card registration deadline on July 25.

The Department of Agriculture is expecting retail prices of vegetables to rise due to the impact of Typhoon Egay.

Investments by the government helped in improving the country’s tourism industry in the past year, with more expected soon, reported the Department of Tourism.

While he may be in favor of bringing back the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps for senior high school or college students, Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro believes that not all of the country’s youth can be trained and taken in as reservist soldiers.

The Commission on Higher Education on July 26 released the list of 52 Philippine higher education institutions that President Marcos referred to in his State of the Nation Address as belonging to “world universities rankings.”

Super Typhoon Egay roared across Northern Luzon and other parts of the country yesterday, leaving at least two dead and several injured as well as displacing up to 180,400 people or 44,356 families now mostly staying in evacuation centers.