French Navy flagship, aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle carrying multi-role fighter aircraft Rafale. — FRENCH CARRIER STRIKE GROUP/XCHARLES DE GAULLE, the flagship vessel of the French Navy, will visit Manila for the first time to hold joint maritime exercises

PRESIDENT FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR. — PHILIPPINE STAR/NOEL B. PABALATEPHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Thursday said 17 Filipino seamen who had been held hostage by Houthi rebels since November 2023 are set to return to the country “very

DFA FACEBOOK PAGETHE DEPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday said it will work with Philippine law enforcement agencies to probe alleged Chinese espionage operations in the country. “The Department takes any indication of espionage operations by foreign nationals seriously and

WORKERS at the National Printing Office seen working on printed ballots during the Comelec walk through on March 15, 2022. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCASTHE Commission on Elections (Comelec) seeks to print about 1.5 million ballots daily starting Jan.

PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOPRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Thursday said his government is eyeing closer cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the country’s development projects amid the bank’s leadership transition. “We fully intend to increase those (development) engagements and

PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBANTHE TRANSPORTATION department is expecting to get the approval for the Manila Bay-Pasig River-Laguna Lake (MAPALLA) ferry system project by the first semester of the year with the expected completion of the project’s feasibility study. “We are seeing the

LEVI MEIR CLANCY-UNSPLASHA BILL seeking to levy stiffer penalties for hospitals that detain patients with outstanding medical bills was filed at the House of Representatives on Wednesday. House Bill No. 11329 proposes imprisonment for “any officer or employee of the