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Three Filipino fishermen died after their boat was “rammed” by a foreign commercial vessel in the West Philippine Sea, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Wednesday. The incident happened before dawn on Monday about 160 kilometers (100 miles) northwest of Scarborough Shoal, off the main island of Luzon. The …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. lifted the temporary price ceiling on rice Wednesday, four weeks after capping the cost of the staple to support poor households. On Sept. 5, Mr. Marcos set the maximum retail price per kilo of regular milled rice at P41 and for the higher-quality well-milled rice at …

SUAL, Pangasinan: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is now scouring the West Philippine Sea to find the ship that rammed a fishing boat from Subic, Zambales on September 30. Three Filipino fishermen were killed during the incident. “We have sent an investigation team to interview the fishermen who survived the incident and to get …

South Korea and the Philippines are set to discuss current developments and security over the West Philippine Sea in their upcoming maritime meeting, South Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Lee Sang-hwa has said. Lee said the two states will hold the 2nd Philippine-South Korea Maritime Cooperation Dialogue in Manila next …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday announced the lifting of the rice price cap. This comes just a day after a Department of Agriculture (DA) official said the mandated price caps of P41 and P45 per kilo on regular and well-milled rice, respectively, could be lifted soon, echoing the assessment made …

Malacañang suspended the granting of Career Executive Service (CES) ranks to graduates of master’s studies of the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), citing “a need to re-evaluate the foregoing policy of granting” the said ranks. National Defense College of the Philippines (Photo from NDCP website) In Memorandum Circular …

The Department of Health (DOH) logged 163 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, Oct. 4, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country to 4,115,488. Photo from Pixabay The DOH Covid-19 Tracker showed no additional Covid-19-related fatalities, maintaining the fatality rate at 1.6 percent. Based on the data, the …

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday vowed to hold accountable those behind the “unfortunate” maritime incident near Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal), which killed three Filipino fishermen. “We are deeply saddened by the deaths of the three fishermen, including the captain of the fishing vessel. The incident is still under …

But membership, financial, claims details intact, agency claims Hackers have started exposing data of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) on the dark web, the state health insurer admitted Tuesday, a day after denying the group’s $300,000 ransom demand and dismissing the threat of information getting leaked online as “clearly …

SAYING “public service is no easy task,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday urged the officers of the Malacañang Press Corps (MPC) and other newly-appointed officials of various government agencies to continue to demonstrate excellence and integrity in performing their duties. THE MANILA TIMES’ OWN TMT’s chief of photographer Rene …