Congress should act decisively against political dynasties and massive corruption in government, Catholic groups said yesterday as the 40th EDSA anniversary on Feb. 25 approaches.

Education Secretary Sonny Angara reported a five-percent drop in total enrollment for School Year 2025-2026, with enrollees numbering only 24.9 million compared to last year’s 27 million.

Vice President Sara Duterte’s 16-member defense team is ready for the Supreme Court’s decision on the appeal in her impeachment case.

Tropical Depression Querubin has weakened into a low-pressure area, but the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration yesterday said that rains will persist amid its interaction with other weather systems, particular...

Another low-pressure area was spotted outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), bringing to two the LPAs being monitored by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.

The oil spill from the sunken MT Terra Nova last week would reach Metro Manila today, the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) said.

At least three to four typhoons are needed for Angat Dam to finally reach the normal high water level despite the intense rains brought by the southwest monsoon that was enhanced by Typhoon Carina, according to the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage ...

A low-pressure area outside the Philippine area of responsibility may develop into a typhoon and another cloud cluster outside PAR may also turn into an LPA, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) repo...

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said that P29 per kilo rice will be available in 23 Kadiwa outlets by Aug. 1, including in three provincial areas outside Luzon.

Importation of poultry products from Michigan has been temporarily banned amid the outbreak of bird flu.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) yesterday reported an elevated volcanic sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas emission from the summit crater of Kanlaon Volcano after it averaged 4,397 tons per day.

Various farmers’ groups on Sunday demanded the immediate resignation of Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan after the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board approved the lower tariff on imported rice from 35 percent to ...

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will look into other establishments operating at the Chocolate Hills in Bohol amid reports that there are other such structures within the protected area.

The National Food Authority yesterday defended the sale of rice to some traders, saying the NFA is allowed to dispose of aging stocks amid the alleged anomalous sale of rice to traders.

Mindanao-wide resilient infrastructure programs will be expedited amid recent disasters in the region, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has allowed the importation of milk and milk products from Thailand, Russia, South Korea and Libya after he had previously ordered a ban on the entry of live cattle and buffalo from the four countries ami...

The damage the El Niño phenomenon brought to the agriculture sector in four regions alone – Ilocos, Mimaropa, Western Visayas and Zamboanga peninsula – has already ballooned to P357.4 million, according to the Department of Agriculture.

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has appointed former Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources director Asis Perez as undersecretary for policy, planning and regulations amid the ongoing major reshuffle at the department.

A suggested retail price on pork should be imposed amid high retail prices resulting from tight local supply caused by the African swine fever outbreak in the country, according to the Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines.

The National Irrigation Administration projection that the Philippines can achieve rice sufficiency in 2028 is dubious, according to farmers’ group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura.

Egg traders are reeling from the decreasing farmgate and retail prices as well as from low demand for the poultry product, according to Gregorio San Diego, chairman of the United Broiler Raisers’ Association.

The government needs at least P250 billion to provide potable water and sanitation to at least 40 million Filipinos with no access yet to clean and safe drinking water, a ranking official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said yest...

At least 56,090 metric tons (MT) of imported rice have arrived in the country as of Jan. 11, the Bureau of Plant Industry reported.

At least 18,463 metric tons of imported rice from Vietnam, Thailand and Pakistan arrived in the Philippines as of Jan. 4, according to the Bureau of Plant Industry.

Sonshine Media Network International is expected to file a motion for reconsideration after the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board imposed a 14-day preventive suspension order on two of its programs that feature former president Rodr...

Striking drivers and operators are mulling to spend Christmas in front of Malacañang amid the Dec. 31 deadline set by the government for the phaseout of the traditional jeepneys, transport group Manibela president Mar Valbuena said.

The low-pressure area spotted east of Surigao del Sur has developed into Tropical Depression Kabayan, the 11th cyclone to enter the country this year, according to state weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Admin...

There will be enough supply of rice amid the warning of farmers’ group Federation of Free Farmers that the crisis experienced in 2023 could be worse in 2024, Agriculture Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Arnel de Mesa has assured the public.

The farmgate price of onions went down by P40 per kilo in the Ilocos region amid high demand for the bulbs this holiday season, farmers’ group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) said yesterday.

The two-week strike that starts today and runs until Dec. 29 will push through as the yearend deadline to phase out traditional jeepneys in the country draws near, transport group Manibela president Mar Valbuena said.

A transport group yesterday announced another transport strike on Dec. 14-15 to protest the impending phaseout of traditional jeepneys on Dec. 31 as set in the government’s public utility vehicle modernization program.

The upward trend in retail prices of eggs and rice continues as the cost of other farm products, particularly vegetables, chicken and pork remains stable amid the increase in the demand this holiday season, Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura chairman R...

A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake jolted Surigao del Sur at 10:37 p.m. on Saturday, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology director Teresito Bacolcol said, expecting damage to infrastructure.

The reorganization in the Department of Agriculture is now in full swing as newly installed Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. wants to introduce reforms in the DA, according to farmers’ group Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc..

At least 113 aftershocks were recorded after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked Sarangani, Davao Occidental on Nov. 17.

Retail prices of rice have increased by at least P6 per kilo compared to the prevailing price a month ago as cost of the grains continued its uptrend, according to data from the Department of Agriculture.

About 60 percent of Filipinos reside in low-lying places and are highly at risk amid the threat of climate change, according to an official of the Climate Change Commission.

The retail price of round scad or galunggong, once considered a “poor man’s fish,” was up by P40 per kilo based on monitoring of the Department of Agriculture in Metro Manila markets.