REUTERSBy John Victor D. Ordoñez, ReporterTHE PHILIPPINE Embassy in Tel Aviv has recommended that Filipinos suspend non-essential travel to Israel at least until hostile situations stabilize amid the ongoing conflict with Iran and the war in Gaza.In a statement, Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)

PCO.GOV.PHNEW ZEALAND Prime Minister (PM) Christopher Luxon and a delegation of top business leaders will be in Manila on Thursday to meet with Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to discuss the Philippine government’s development agenda.“He (Mr. Luxon) has been very clear that he wants

THE GOVERNMENT should immediately construct and deploy nuclear power plants to meet the country’s increasing electricity needs, a congressman said on Tuesday amid supply concerns in the summer season.“The DoE (Department of Energy) must fulfill their mandate without delay,” Pangasinan Rep. Marcos Juan Bruno O.

CARDIOLOGIST Willie T. Ong topped the list of potential candidates for the upcoming 2025 senatorial elections, with former president Rodrigo R. Duterte placing second, according to a March survey conducted by PUBLICUS Asia, Inc.In the group’s PAHAYAG survey published on Wednesday, 41% of Filipinos said

COTABATO CITY — Drought-stricken Basilan province in the Southern Philippines was placed under a state of calamity on Wednesday, setting to motion initiatives to address the devastating effects El Niño over the last two months.Basilan Governor Hadjiman H. Salliman and Vice Gov. Yusop T. Alano

LAWMAKERS should push for more laws enhancing the government’s cybersecurity protocols and mechanisms after recent attempts to hack websites of state agencies, according to research group Capstone-Intel Corp.“The national government, specifically the Department of Information and Communications Technology, should craft cybersecurity protocols and pass laws

PHILIPPINE STAR/MIGUEL DE GUZMANFARES and wages are contentious issues for workers and once traditional jeepneys are phased out and modern transport vehicles charge higher fares, labor groups demand salary hikes.“There is a study saying fares could reach P40 (due to the transport modernization program). It

REUTERSTHE GOVERNMENT of Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. should ban sachets and other single-use plastics, which remain the packaging of choice among the usual suspect corporations, according to Greenpeace.“Given the continued prevalence of sachets in consumer goods… the Philippine government must treat this as

THE PESO depreciated further against the dollar on Wednesday after US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell said rates may need to remain elevated.The local unit closed at P57.18 per dollar on Wednesday, weakening by 18 centavos from its P57 finish on Tuesday, Bankers Association

BW FILE PHOTOPHILIPPINE SHARES rebounded on Wednesday, ending their nine-day losing streak, as investors bought bargains and with sentiment boosted by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) improved economic outlook.The bellwether Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) went up by 0.7% or 45.07 points to end at