Uptown Magazine

The Philippine Army announced that one of its platoons participated in a two-day room-clearing combined interoperability exercise with their US Army Pacific counterparts in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija from April 3 to 4.

The number of new Covid-19 cases remains low nationwide, averaging 366 only per day in the past week, a health official said.

Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said plans are now afoot to increase maritime patrols in the tri-border areas of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday expressed confidence that the new evacuation centers currently providing temporary shelter for residents displaced by Taal Volcano’s unrest would be of “great service” to all affected Filipinos before another disaster should strike.

Aksyon Demokratiko presidential bet Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso emphasized the need for the country to shift to a two-party system for smooth-sailing governance.

Vice President Leni Robredo's first executive order if ever she gets elected as president is a full disclosure policy in order to promote greater transparency in public service.

Independent presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson cited the need for the country's anti-corruption institutions to have strong leadership for them to be able to carry out their mandate.

Some 17 Negrenses will soon obtain a visa for employment in the careworker or nursing care industry in Japan, after completing a two-year vocational course at Houshin School of Healthcare in Miyazaki, Japan.

The City of Sipalay in Negros Occidental has been declared the Kite Tourism Capital of the Philippines during the staging of its 8th Burangoy Kite Festival over the weekend.

The Department of Agriculture in Caraga has declared 13 local government units, including 12 island municipalities, rabies-free.