Philippines Times

By: CMFR Staff

Posted on: July 14, 2023, 11:11 am

CHEERS TO Philstar.com's special report that explored the challenges faced by teachers and students in discussing climate change. The first part was pu

Tel Aviv [Israel], July 13 (ANI/TPS): Sen. Robinhood Padilla on Thursday said he is considering Israel as model for allowing cannabis (marijuana) strictly for medical purposes, as well as in preventing its misuse and abuse, in the Philippines. Speaking during the hearing of the Senate Health Subcommittee tackling Senate Bill 230 (Medical Cannabis Compassionate Access Act), Padilla said he learned more of the use of medica

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Thursday with China's top diplomat Wang Yi in Indonesia, discussions the United States said were part of the ongoing effort to ease relations between the two superpowers.

Blinken met with Wang on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) talks in Jakarta. His goal was to "maintain open channels of communication to clarify U.S. interests across a

MANILA, July 13 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government has urged the people to store rainwater to mitigate the impact of the El Nino phenomenon on agriculture production, the Presidential Communications Office said Thursday.

With the latest advisory on the presence of El Nino in the Tropical Pacific, weather experts warn of unusual warming of sea surface temperatures, which may lead to below-normal rainfall, caus

MANILA, July 13 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines will convert penal properties across the country into farmlands and train prisoners to farm crops to boost food production, the government said Thursday.

The project, dubbed Reformation Initiative for Sustainable Environment for Food Security (RISE), aims to utilize and rehabilitate arable lands within the prison reservations and penal farms nationwide to boost food pr

The landmark trial of Guinea's former president and 10 others, including former ministers, accused of responsibility for a massacre and rapes in a stadium,

Asian automobile brands are filling the void left by companies that withdrew in the wake of Western sanctions

Chinese carmakers delivered more vehicles to Russia than anywhere else in the world during the first five months of this year as part of a major expansion in the country following the exodus of European, Ameri

ABS-CBN'S LONGTIME entertainment journalist Mario Dumaual died on July 5 due to septic shock while recovering from a heart attack. He was 64.

His passing sent the media community into deep mourning. Best known for telling stories about Philippine celebrities, he has earned the respect of the entertainment and the media industry because of his professionalism for over 40 years.

He studied at the University o

MANILA, July 13 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines on Thursday officially launched the "green lanes" to improve the country's investment climate and boost the flow of foreign direct investments into the country.

In February, Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos issued an executive order creating green lanes in government offices to facilitate materializing investments.

"I am confident that the green l

(Bangkok) - Bangladesh authorities are taking inadequate measures to protect Rohingya refugees in camps from surging violence by armed groups and criminal gangs, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should assist refugees by establishing accessible systems to report crimes and promptly investigate complaints.

Human Rights Watch documented 26 cases of vio

(Nairobi) - Islamist armed groups have carried out widespread killings, rapes, and lootings of villages in northeast Mali since January 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. Thousands of people have been forced to flee Menaka and Gao regions.

Amid the mounting abuses, Mali's transitional military government obtained United Nations Security Council approval for t

(Beirut) - The Egyptian government's decision in June 2023 to require all Sudanese to obtain visas to enter Egypt has reduced access to safety for women, children, and older people fleeing the ongoing conflict in Sudan, Human Rights Watch said t

Police are continuing to hold retail offenders to account with a multitude of arrests across the country.

Police has continued to focus on retail and youth crime with some encouraging results:

Police's National Retail Investigation Support Unit has laid 1,331 charges against 223 offenders since May 2022.

Between 1 December 2022 and the end of May 2023, there have been approximately 388 ram-raid

Azerbaijan has barred the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from using the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia and the outside world.

The State Border Service made the announcement on July 11 citing "repeated attempts to smuggle various

Community organisations working to prevent family violence in areas affected by Cyclone Gabrielle will receive a significant boost in funding, Minister for Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence Marama Davidson has announced.

Ngti Kahungunu Hawke's Bay, Ngti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa, and Manaaki Tairawhiti will together receive close to $1 million towards

A range of new projects are showing what's possible when it comes to low emission off-road vehicles and water-borne vessels, as part of a new round of Government funding announced today.

Energy and Resources Minister Hon Dr Megan Woods has confirmed 19 innovative transport projects, inc

Police can advise State Highway 1, near Hkerenui, is now open in both directions following an earlier incident this morning.

We thank motorists for their patience while the scene was cleared.

ENDS.

Anna Thompson/NZ Police
 

Source: NZ Police

On July 13, 2022, many streets in Colombo - Sri Lanka's capital - erupted into celebration after weeks of peaceful protests forced then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country. Rajapaksa, long implicated in war crimes when he was defense secretary, had presided over an economic catastrophe amid allegations of widespread

Today, European parliamentarians from across the political spectrum denounced the European Union's shortsighted approach to Tunisia, calling for stronger action on the country's democratic backsliding.

"We will want to put democracy and human rights back at the center of any agreement with Tunisia," said Green lawmaker Mounir Satouri. Center-right Parliamentarian Michael Gahler regretted "a return to a Ben Ali si

Photo of Amando Doronila from Pablo Tariman on Facebook.

AMANDO "DORO" Doronila, veteran journalist and renowned political columnist, died due to complications from pneumonia on Friday, July 7, 2023 in Australia. He was 95.

His passing was confirmed to the media by his son,