PRESIDENTIAL aspirant and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said that he wants to be hero as he laid out his plans should he be elected as president in next year’s elections. “Why is it that no one from Visayas or Mindanao is recognized as a hero, want to be a hero?” Duterte said. […]
Local oil companies are increasing the pump prices of petroleum products effective Tuesday (Dec. 1), partially offsetting the substantial price rollbacks implemented last week. According to their separate advisories, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. and Petron Philippines will increase prices of gasoline products by 45 centavos per liter; diesel by 20 centavos a liter; and of kerosene by 10 centavos […]
Government figures show a sharp and continuous fall-off in the number of farmers over the past five years that potentially threatens the landscape as its stewards leave the sector and are not replaced. The number of workers in farming and forestry fell 19.8 percent over the five years, shrinking to 2.09 million this year, the […]
Takoyaki, chunks of octopus covered in batter, are one of the many wonderful treats Japan has to offer. They’re sold in grocery stores and you can always count on stalls serving up fresh ones at Japanese festivals. Besides being filled with octopus, takoyaki are almost always cooked in a special griddle with half-spherical molds that evenly heat the dough. The home […]
Police have received a flurry of complaints from travelers, including one Japanese, about airport workers here demanding hush money after apparently planting bullets in passengers’ luggage. Police are heightening their monitoring of Manila International Airport staff through surveillance cameras. According to police, 514 bullets were confiscated at the airport between January and October this year, […]
Foreign workers in Japan contacted lawyers via a special hotline on Sunday. They sought advice on overtime hours, annual leave and other issues. Lawyers took the calls at offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Hiroshima. The phones at a law office in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district started ringing immediately after the hotline opened at 2 PM. […]
Sa Women’s Desk ng Manila Police District Headquarters, nahihiyang ikinuwento ng anim na babae kung paano sila na-rescue mula sa kasamahan na binugaw sila umano sa halagang P5,000 kada isa. Ang buong akala nila, overnight swimming lang ang mangyayari. Pero pagdating sa kanto ng UN Avenue at Taft Avenue, nasorpresa na lang sila ng papasukin […]
The UN weather agency says this year is likely to be the warmest on record partly due to increasing greenhouse gas levels. The World Meteorological Organization announced findings of its early report for 2015 at a news conference on Wednesday, ahead of a UN climate change conference to open in Paris later this month. The […]
China on Wednesday harshly criticized the Philippines’ case against it at an arbitration tribunal over rival claims in the South China Sea, calling the process a “political provocation.” A day after a court in the Netherlands began hearing the case, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei repeatedly said the Philippine’s action is “unilateral” and it […]
Officials say the Philippine economy expanded 6 percent in the third quarter and forecast the same growth rate for the full year. The main driver of the economy in the third quarter was service industries, which expanded 7.3 percent. That was the fastest pace since 2013. Agriculture grew 0.4 percent compared with a decline of […]
