ISTANBUL: Mount Merapi, Indonesia’s most active volcano, began spewing lava on Sunday, with ash clouds covering some towns on the Java island, a senior official said.
The rocks and lava flows formed by Merapi’s eruption spread over a two-kilometer (1…
MANILA: Local shares improved while the Philippine peso depreciated to the PHP56-level during the week’s kick-off.
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) gained 79.33 points to close at 6,583.47 on Monday, with All Shares increasing by 28.04 poin…
MANILA: The public must report all forms of abuse, bribery and all other illegal means to push for People’s Initiative (PI).
Senate Majority Joel Villanueva said in a statement Monday that a PI is legal but coercing signatories and other
MANILA: Oil firms announced price adjustments on petroleum products starting 12:01 a.m. of Jan. 23.
In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Flying V, Jetti, Petro Gazz, Petron, PTT, Seaoil, Shell, and Unioil said they will implement a price hike o…
MANILA: Two Airport Police Department (APD) officers are currently under investigation and have been suspended for using the EDSA busway, an official of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said Monday.
APO2 Raymond Anuran and APO1 Micha…
MANILA: Senators unanimously agreed on Monday to designate Senator Pia Cayetano as the first female chairperson of the Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations, more popularly known as the Blue Ribbon Committee.
Cayetano repl…
