Category: Top News
PH launches nanosatellite Maya-2 launched into space
The Philippines recently launched successfully its nanosatellite Maya-2 to the International Space Station (ISS), Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato de la Peña said the Maya-2 was launched […]
House ICT panel OKs bill on Satellite Tech use for digital economy, education
The House Committee on Information and Communication Technology has passed this week House Bill 70812 that proposes the development and broad use of satellite technology in the digital economy to […]
Speaker Velasco wants to expedite Covid-19 vaccines procurement
House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has filed House Bill 8648, the proposed Emergency Vaccine Procurement Act of 2021 which seeks to expedite the prpcurement and administration of the Covid-19 vaccines […]
Online complaint desk on LTO services launched
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, chaired by Senator Richard Gordon, has launched it online complaints desk that will accept “grievances on poor and unlawful services of the Land Transportation Office […]
Koreans top aliens denied of PH entry in 2020
South Koreans, have topped the list of the 3,044 aliens denied entry into the Philippines last year, which was, however, lower than the 7,700 in 2019. Bureau of Immigration (BI) […]
LRT-1 Cavite Extension 4th-gen trains arrive
The first batch of fourth-generation train cars from Spain and Mexico for the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) Cavite Extension Project have now arrived. The Department of Transportation (DOTr), […]
Voters registration venue, schedule change proposed
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) plans to make some adjustments in the original schedule and venue of the ongoing voters registration to meet its four million new voters target. Commissioner […]
House panel OKs Freelance Workers bill
The House Committee on Ways and Means has recently passed a measure that seeks to provide legal and contractual protection for freelance workers such as content writers, artists, and even […]
Salceda backs purely economic amendments in Charter Change
Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda is throwing his support purely on economic amendments in the proposed Charter Change, particularly those pertaining to easing up the overly restrictive foreign ownership provisions […]
Local anti-dengue drug dev’t program in progress underway
Filipino researchers now gear for the Phase 2 clinical trials of an anti-dengue drug, which could possibly be the first locally developed treatment for the disease. Philippine Council for Health […]