Members of the Philippine Coast Guard seize 58 pangolins, 14 boxes of seahorses and 1 carton of sea dragons at the anchorage area of Pier 4 at North Harbor in Manila, with the animals, costing millions of pesos in the contraband trade, allegedly being exported to other Asian nations and sold there as aphrodisiacs. Norman Cruz
Indigenous peoples and environmental advocates stage a protest action in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources central...
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First year students called “freshmen” pass through the University of Sto. Tomas Arch on Espana Street, Manila in a traditional...
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MMDA acting chairperson Carlo Dimayuga shakes the hands of Benedicto Lacsamana, director for Technology and Site Acquisition, DITO Telecoms (below),...
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Philippine National Police new deputy chief for administration, Lt. Gen. Jose Chiquito Malayo (3rd from left) and National Capital Region...
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Pagsanjan Mayor Cesar Areza (third from right) leads the ribbon-cutting ceremony during the grand opening of Accucare Diagnostic and Medical...
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Sonny Magpuri, first vice president of BDO Singapore branch, accepts the award of BDO Unibank Inc. award as the Philippines’...
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Former president Fidel Ramos, a soldier regarded as one of the country’s most effective leaders, was interred at the National...
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The Philippines is now in talks with other member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for the procurement of...
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The House of Representatives has created the Special Committee on Nuclear Energy to be headed by Pangasinan Rep. Mark Cojuangco....
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The Land Transportation Office is urging local governments to temporarily suspend the no-contact apprehension policy (NCAP), calling for its review...
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Philippine National Police chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. has ordered a sweeping reshuffle involving almost 80 ranking police officials, including...
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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.
