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MANILA (DSC) — Airbus has ordered airlines worldwide to ground and repair thousands of A320-series aircraft after investigators traced a recent mid-air incident to a vulnerability in the jet’s flight-control systems linked to intense solar activity. The directive affects about 6,000 A319, A320, and A321 aircraft, making it one ofContinue Reading
MANILA, Philippines – Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Markus Lacanilao said he is prepared to face public backlash over the agency’s crackdown on electronic bikes and tricycles (e-bikes, e-trikes) plying major roads, stressing that safety—not popularity—is his priority. “We understand that many of our countrymen will be angry, but ourContinue Reading
ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY – The municipality of Roseller T. Lim has been named one of the Top 10 finalists in the 2025 SubayBAYANI Awards, emerging from a pool of 1,493 municipalities across the Philippines. The town made it through successive rounds of screening—from the Top 120, to the Top 30, andContinue Reading
MANILA, Philippines — More than three years after Rodrigo Duterte stepped down, the bloody legacy of his “war on drugs” continues to shape Philippine politics, policing, and the lives of thousands of grieving families. A new VICE documentary — “The World’s Deadliest Drug War Just Got a New Leader” —Continue Reading
COTABATO CITY — For many in the Bangsamoro still trying to rebuild their lives from decades of conflict, a driver’s license is more than a piece of plastic — it is a ticket to livelihood, dignity, and a new beginning. This week, 200 aspiring drivers, many of them poor andContinue Reading
ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE – A total of 161 flood victims in Siocon town received livelihood kits from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) under its Pangkabuhayan sa Pagbangon at Ginhawa (PPG) Program, providing a much-needed boost for small entrepreneurs struggling to recover from recent flooding. DTI distributed the kitsContinue Reading
The Philippines is losing its farmland at a pace and scale that now threatens the country’s long-term food security. New figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) show a steep decline in the land devoted to food production, underscoring a decades-old policy failure: the absence of a coherent national landContinue Reading
