Multisectoral groups protest San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) bid to impose high electricity rates to consumers. The groups also called the Court of Appeals’ issuance of a temporary restraining order suspending the Energy Regulatory Commission’s denial of SMC’s rate hike petition as ‘economic sabotage.’
Firefighters face a raging fire that reached Task Force Bravo at a lumber storage facility in Barangay San Antonio, Sucat,...
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National Parks Development Committee (NPDC) Executive Director Cecile Lorenzana Romero and Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna lead the flag-raising ceremony in...
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A Land Transportation Office (LTO) enforcer apprehends a motorist for driving without a seatbelt. The LTO has started implementing its...
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President Marcos Jr. leads the launch of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in Mindanao meant to stabilize the supply...
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Members of Kailakasan People’s network stage a demonstration-protest in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) main...
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Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas and members of the local chapter of the Knights of Rizal hold a wreath-laying ceremony...
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TOKYO, Japan—Nintendo cut its full-year net profit forecast on Tuesday, saying the global chip shortage and other supply chain problems...
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United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned nations Monday that he fears the likelihood of further escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict...
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Washington—An optimistic President Joe Biden will seek to lift an often-unenthusiastic nation Tuesday with a State of the Union address...
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Seoul—North Korea’s top army officials have said they will expand and intensify military drills to ensure their readiness for war,...
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Geneva—Poverty and the prospect of better-paid work, rather than ideology, are what fuel recruitment to jihadist and other violent groups...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.
