DAVAO CITY — The regional office of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has asked local governments here to help them go after illegal radio stations.   NTC Regional Director Nelson Cañete said local government should not issue business permits to broadcast operators that don’t have a certification

FRANCE is prepared to provide diesel-electric submarines to the Philippines to help it respond to potential conflicts in the Indo-Pacific region, according to its top envoy. “France is obviously committed to working more closely with the Philippines and to have more strategic relations,” French Ambassador to

THE PHILIPPINE Space Agency on Tuesday said debris from a Chinese rocket might fall near Cagayan and Ilocos Norte provinces in northern Luzon. A Long March 7A rocket was launched from China’s Wenchang Space Launch Center on Hainan Island on Tuesday at 9:19 p.m. The agency identified

A PARTY-LIST lawmaker on Wednesday asked his peers to restore P500 million in cancer funds for 2023 that were cut from the national budget. “We will do everything in our power to make sure that the cancer assistance fund will be included in the final version

PHILSTARCONGRESSMEN on Wednesday approved on second a bill that will require the registration of subscriber identity module (SIM) cards to prevent mobile phone scams. Under House Bill 14, telecommunication companies will become the gatekeeper of information obtained in the registration process. No data may be divulged

THE COMMISSION on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday confirmed the appointments of Jesus Crispin C. Remulla as Justice secretary and Benjamin C. Abalos, Jr. as Interior chief. “This for me is the most challenging public office I’ve ever held, and hopefully will hold in my entire career

PHILSTARPUBLIC school teachers on Wednesday marched to the House of Representatives, calling for an increase in the education budget for 2023. “A significant increase to as much as two times the current education budget is central to enabling a 100% safe school reopening and recovering education

PIXABAYCOAL FACILITIES made up just over half of power plants under construction in the 2022-2027 period, the Department of Energy (DoE) said.The capacity of plants being built, which the DoE calls “committed power projects,” amounted as of July to 8,864.29 megawatts (MW), with coal facilities