LONDON: Dua Lipa called for a fair pay raise for UK health workers at the Brit Awards in the O2 Arena in London. Lipa, who took home the female solo artist and album of the year titles, highlighted nurse and academic Elizabeth Anionwu’s words to say there was a “massive disparity between gratitude and respect” […]

TAAL volcano has been in a state of elevated unrest the past two days as it recorded its highest number of earthquakes at 355 and emitted sulfur dioxide equivalent to 3, 463 tons in the last 24 hours, state volcanologists said on Wednesday. Renato Solidum, chief of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), […]

SIXTEEN candidates from the judiciary, academe and practicing lawyers are vying for the lone vacancy in the Supreme Court (SC). This after the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) started its search for the next associate justice after Alexander Gesmundo was named chief justice. Gesmundo succeeded Diosdado Peralta who availed of optional retirement. Deadline for application […]

Silid-Aralan Inc. (SAI) is making a last-minute call for public school students with grades below 75 to become one of 75 learners that will join the nonprofit organization’s Ground Zero Program, which seeks to boost academic achievement. SAI launched the “75 Under 75,” a first-of-its-kind search for the most academically challenged public school students across […]

THE Supreme Court has ruled that psychological incapacity as basis for nullifying a marriage is not a “medical but a legal concept”. The high tribunal, in an en banc deliberation on Tuesday, modified the interpretation of the requirements of psychological incapacity as a ground for declaration of nullity of marriage found in Article 36 of […]

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that a variant of Covid-19 behind the acceleration of India’s explosive outbreak has been found in dozens of countries all over the world. The UN health agency said the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19, first found in India in October, had been detected in more than 4,500 samples […]

Good Day! Here are the top stories of The Manila Times for Wednesday, May 12, 2021. READ: PH detects 2 cases of Indian variant On Tuesday, the Philippines reported its first two cases of the B1617 strain that was first detected in India. READ: State of calamity declared over ASF President Rodrigo Duterte has placed […]

CONVICTED drug dealer Yu Yuk Lai has died, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) confirmed on Tuesday. BuCor spokesman Gabriel Chaclag told The Manila Times that Yu died of “acute myocardial infarction” at 9:47 a.m. at the East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City where she has been confined since May 4. She also tested positive for the […]

Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer are apparently getting back together, this time in the NFL. The former Florida star and 2007 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback is expected to team up with his college coach by signing a one-year contract to play for the Jacksonville Jaguars, the NFL Network reported Monday. The league-owned network said the deal […]

MOSUL: Karim Khan, the head of a United Nations team investigating Islamic State (IS) crimes in Iraq, said there is “clear and convincing evidence” the terrorist group committed genocide against the Yazidi people. “I’m able to announce, based upon independent and impartial investigations, complying with international standards and UN best practice, there is clear and […]

THE local government of Muntinlupa launches a ceremonial roll-out of Sputnik V Gam-COVID-Vac vaccines for senior citizens, persons with comorbidities, and other frontline workers from the A4 priority group on May 5, morning. The ceremonial roll-out is held at Ospital ng Muntinlupa (OsMun) Field Tent and Asian Hospital and Medical Center (AHMC) Tower 2 Rotunda […]

THE United States will continue to support the Philippines’ coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic response as 193,050 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 arrived in Manila on Monday evening. US Embassy in the Philippines Chargé d’Affaires John Law stressed this in a statement, adding that both countries “fight the pandemic together”. To date, the US government […]

THE Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) issued a show-cause order to a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official for sitting on over 600 drug applications by pharmaceutical companies who have complied with its requirements. In a statement on Tuesday, ARTA said the order sent by its Investigation Enforcement and Litigation Director Jedrek Ng, directs FDA Center […]

THE Philippines logged its lowest number of new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on Tuesday at 4,734 while recoveries continued to rise, with the latest at 7,837, according to the Department of Health (DoH). The last time the country reached the 4,000-level was on March 17 when it registered 4,383 new cases, a […]

PUBLIC funds released to government agencies for their various coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic response projects, activities and programs (P/A/Ps) have hit P646.97 billion, according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). In a statement on Tuesday, the DBM said that of the figure released as of April 15, P387.17 billion was released pursuant […]

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday will visit Cotabato City to warn the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) that violence will not be tolerated under his watch, his spokesman said. Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said Duterte would meet with members of his Cabinet, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Philippine National Police, […]

MOSCOW: At least nine people were killed after shooting broke out Tuesday at a high school in the central Russian city of Kazan, local news agencies reported. Citing local sources, agencies reported that two people had opened fire at School No. 175 in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s republic of Tatarstan. Interfax reported that one […]

THE Department of Education (DepEd) is looking into the possible extension of the blended distance learning modality for school year 2021-2022 amid the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, an official said. This includes preparing for a variety of available print and non-print modalities,  including the DepEd Commons for open educational resources, DepEd TV, and […]

METROPOLITAN Manila Development Authority Chairman Benhur Abalos said easing of quarantine restrictions in the National Capital Region (NCR) should be done gradually to maintain the low rate of infections per day. In a phone interview, Abalos said Metro Manila mayors are set to convene on Wednesday to come up with recommendations for the next quarantine […]

BEIJING: China’s population has grown at its slowest pace in decades, reaching 1.41 billion, census results showed on Tuesday, highlighting fears of a looming crisis over an ageing society. The growth of 5.4 percent was the slowest since the 1960s, due in part to falling birthrates and a sharp drop in the number of working-age […]

THE Philippine economy continued to contract for the fifth consecutive quarter but at a slower pace compared to the recorded decline in the last quarter of 2020, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 4.2 percent in the first quarter of the year, an improvement from […]

AT least three committees at the House of Representatives approved a measure that seeks to promote Philippine music and help and develop Filipino musical talents. The Committee on Ways and Means has endorsed House Bill (HB) 7817 or “An Act Designating the National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NMCYA) as the National Youth Development Program […]

Good Day! Here are the top stories of The Manila Times for Tuesday, May 11, 2021. READ: Govt to extend voting hours The Commission on Elections will extend the voting hours in the 2022 elections in order that anti-Covid-19 protocols will be properly observed. READ: Group seeks safe, fair polls As preparations for next year’s […]

Philippine agriculture production decreased by 3.3 percent in the first quarter of 2021, which is a sharper drop compared to the 1.7-percent decrease recorded in the same period a year ago, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). PSA attributed the sector’s dismal performance to “the reduction in the livestock and poultry production” amid higher […]

Notice is hereby given that CEMEX HOLDINGS PHILIPPINES, INC. (the “Corporation”) will hold its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“2021 AMS”) on June 2, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. and will be conducted online by remote communication.  The Record Date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the said meeting is […]

THE Philippine banking system’s net income declined by 13 percent in the first quarter of the year, according to the data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Preliminary data showed on Monday that the industry’s P48.44-billion net income in January to March was down from the P55.68 billion in the same period of […]

YANGON: Myanmar’s military seized power on February 1, ousting the civilian government and arresting its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. The 100 days that have followed have seen mass street protests, bloody crackdowns by the junta, economic turmoil and growing international concern. A recap of events: Back to the old days The generals stage a […]

RICHMOND, British Columbia: A man was shot to death at the Vancouver International Airport in what authorities said appeared to be a gang-related incident Sunday, and police were later fired on while pursuing suspects. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said officers intercepted the suspected getaway car shortly after the 3 p.m. shooting at the airport […]

COLORADO SPRINGS: A gunman opened fire at a birthday party in Colorado, slaying six adults before killing himself on Sunday, police said. The shooting happened just after midnight in a mobile home park on the east side of Colorado Springs, police said. Officers arrived at a trailer to find six dead adults and a man […]

Filipino rower Cris Nievarez caught the last boat to the Tokyo Olympics in July. On Monday, the Philippine Rowing Association announced that it received confirmation from the World Rowing Federation that Nievarez made the final cut in the men’s single sculls of the Games. Nievarez finished fifth in the semifinals of the men’s single sculls […]

Aubrey Plaza marries longtime boyfriend director Jeff Baena LOS ANGELES: Aubrey Plaza married her longtime boyfriend, director and screenwriter Jeff Baena. The “Parks and Recreation” actor called Baena “my husband” for the first time publicly in an Instagram post. Her publicist confirmed the two had married but gave no details. Plaza and Baena have been […]

NEW YORK: The cyberextortion attempt that has forced the shutdown of a vital US pipeline was carried out by a criminal gang known as DarkSide that cultivates a Robin Hood image of stealing from corporations and giving a cut to charity, two people close to the investigation said Sunday. The shutdown, meanwhile, stretched into its […]