MANILA, Philippines — More than two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, government agencies can now finally implement alternative work arrangements at any time for some 1.7 million employees, regardless of their status of appointment.

MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino American geologist disputed the claims of the country’s nuclear science chief that the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) was safe and secure for rehabilitation, citing the “potentially active” volcano in the area of the plant.

TOKYO
Military commanders from Japan, the United States, South Korea, the Philippines and fourteen other countries met in Tokyo this week for a gathering that Washington hopes will help forge cooperation between nations that can help it contain China.

MANILA, Philippines — Japan has offered to assist the Philippines develop its own military-industrial complex via strategic technology transfers and outright equipment donations, a source at the defense department told the Inquirer on Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines — The daily COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila could increase to as much as 400 to 500 by the end of June, the independent analytics group OCTA Research warned on Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday noted the increasing number of people getting sick with COVID-19, reporting 1,682 new cases, or an average of 240 daily infections, last week.

LEGAZPI CITY—Mount Bulusan erupted anew early on Sunday, its phreatic or steam-driven eruption stronger than the previous one a week earlier, sending residents back to evacuation centers as the volcano’s ashfall reached as far as this provincial capital of Albay about a hundred kilometers away.

MANILA, Philippines—When the start of the rainy season was officially declared last May 18, it was followed shortly by a warning from the Department of Health (DOH) against a rise in many diseases, including dengue.

MANILA, Philippines — Starting June 9, minimum fare in public utility jeepneys (PUJ) would be P10 as the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) approved Wednesday the P1 provisional hike.

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, Philippines — Mount Bulusan in Sorsogon province seemed calmer on Monday even as the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned of another possible eruption after it observed steaming not only in the summit crater but also on the northwestern summit vent.