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MANILA, Philippines โ Power supply across the Philippine electricity grid improved in December 2025, but tighter conditions in the Visayas and Mindanao pushed electricity prices higher, the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) said. In a report, IEMOP said average system-wide supply rose to 20,233 megawatts (MW) inContinue Reading
KORONADAL CITY, Philippines โ The South Cotabato provincial government will receive a fresh โฑ200 million grant from Melco Resorts (Philippines) Foundation to expand hospital infrastructure in the province, officials announced following a coordination meeting in Manila on January 29, 2026. The funding, formalized under what provincial officials described as aContinue Reading
COTABATO, Philippines โ Hundreds of pregnant women and malnourished children received food assistance during a humanitarian mission conducted on Thursday, January 29, in the newly established municipality of Ligawasan in Cotabato province. Mayor Ismael Hashim Mama said 385 pregnant women and 107 malnourished children benefited from the relief operation ledContinue Reading
MANILA, Philippines โ Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers intercepted a 17-year-old woman illegally recruited for overseas work at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on January 24, preventing her deployment to Saudi Arabia as a household helper. The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said the victim, identified only as โZia,โ was flaggedContinue Reading
DIPOLOG, Zamboanga del Norte โ An Italian Jesuit priest who was killed by a Subanen tribesman in 1648 in the town of Ponotโnow Jose Dalmanโmay soon be canonized, the Diocese of Dipolog announced on Thursday. Fr. Francesco Palliola, 35, arrived in Mindanao in the mid-1600s to minister to local communities.Continue Reading
A potential US military strike on Iran may appear, on paper, as a limited action aimed at deterring Tehran or degrading its military capabilities. But history suggests such a move could unleash consequences far beyond Iranโs borders โ destabilizing an already volatile Middle East and reverberating across the global economy.Continue Reading
Several countries, including Thailand and Nepal, have heightened health surveillance after India confirmed new cases of the deadly Nipah virus, a zoonotic disease with a high fatality rate but limited human-to-human transmission. The World Health Organization (WHO) said two cases were confirmed in West Bengal involving two 25-year-old nurses, aContinue Reading
