N. Korea missile launch denounced
People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing what appeared to be a long-range ballistic missile, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 18, 2023. — YONHAP VIA REUTERS THE PHILIPPINES on Thursday expressed
Kanlaon agri damage at P129M
PHILSTAR FILE PHOTO/ROB ILUMBA UGBINADAAGRICULTURAL damage due to the eruption of the Kanlaon Volcano late last year was estimated at P129.39 million according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).In its latest report, the DA said that the volume of crops
Sandiganbayan chief judge named
PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOPRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Wednesday appointed Geraldine Faith A. Econg as the new head judge of the Philippines’ anti-graft court.Ms. Econg, 57, served nearly nine years as associate justice of the Sandiganbayan, heading the special court’s
Sandiganbayan clears ex-VP Binay, son of graft over P1.3-B school building
PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOTHE PHILIPPINES’ anti-graft court acquitted former Vice-President (VP) Jejomar C. Binay, Sr. and ex-Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay, Jr. of graft charges in connection to the P1.3-billion Makati City Science High School contract, granting their dismissal
ARTA, CoA urged to probe PhilHealth
PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCASA LAWMAKER on Thursday urged the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and Commission on Audit (CoA) to investigate what he described as management “inefficiencies” of state-run Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth).The government should conduct “special audits” on PhilHealth to