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.

Oil companies will implement a rollback of pump prices today.

Foreign business leaders yesterday weighed in on proposals to amend the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution while legal luminaries said they see no need to change the Charter.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines yesterday confirmed the death of the leader of terrorist group Dawlah Islamiyah, who masterminded the bombing of Mindanao State University in December last year.

Caritas Philippines yesterday urged Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder Apollo Quiboloy to submit to the Senate investigations on allegations of sexual abuse of women and children.

The Commission on Higher Education will recommend steps to state universities and colleges on how to run their student admissions in a way that guarantees greater access to students from underprivileged families.

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. should bear more of the costs of hospitalization, including the medical bills and doctors’ fees incurred by patients admitted in private hospitals, Speaker Martin Romualdez said on Sunday.

Efforts to ban Philippine offshore gaming operators in the country have gained ground at the House of Representatives after a committee yesterday approved two measures on this.

Despite a having a positive outlook for 2024, a smaller percentage of Filipinos expect to have a better quality of life this year, a survey conducted by Social Weather Stations showed.

The Senate has started discussions on a proposed measure to impose value-added tax (VAT) on foreign streaming platforms like Netflix and HBO Gold operating in the country.

Love scammers are targeting the lonely and alone in life, including widows, as Valentine’s Day approaches, according to Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos.

To avert a potential water shortage especially during El Niño, President Marcos ordered yesterday the immediate completion of all water projects in the country being undertaken by both the private and public sectors.

The House of Representatives committee on legislative franchises yesterday decided to issue a subpoena to Pastor Apollo Quiboloy with regard to the defiant stance of his Sonshine Media Network International despite a temporary shutdown order for violat...

The Sugar Regulatory Administration is not proposing more sugar importation, according to the United Sugar Producers Federation.

Deepfakes and artificial intelligence (AI) are a risk as the May 2025 midterm elections approach, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology.

Speaker Martin Romualdez yesterday expressed his gratitude to the Filipino people for the high trust and performance ratings he received, as shown in a recent survey conducted by the OCTA Research group.

President Marcos has vowed to continue mitigating the impact of higher commodity prices on Filipino households as he welcomed the inflation downtrend recorded last month.

Despite a testy exchange about drug use with former president Rodrigo Duterte, President Marcos said he has a lot of fond memories and made lifetime friends in Davao City.

Government-owned Duty Free Philippines seeks to increase its revenues this year by double digits by launching an online platform for its products.

In separate advisories, oil companies announced prices would increase by P0.75 per liter for gasoline and P1.50 per liter for diesel.

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 Sugar Council, composed of three sugarcane producers’ federations in the country, has expressed its vehement opposition to the proposal of the Sugar Regulatory Administration o address low millgate prices of sugar, by “allowing traders to import ev...

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

More teachers and non-teaching personnel need to be hired to effectively implement the Department of Education new policy that removes public school teachers’ administrative tasks, according to the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition.

ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro has asked the Department of Justice to annul the dismissal of the grave threat complaint she filed against former president Rodrigo Duterte.

The Department of Information and Communications Technology is coordinating with the Asia-Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team in an effort to investigate the cyber attack attempts on government websites and domains originating from China, accordin...

The progressive group Karapatan criticized the reactions of Sen. Imee Marcos and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict to the call of UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan to have the NTF-ELCAC abolished.

Saying the senior citizen’s purchase booklet no longer serves its purpose, the National Commission of Senior Citizens has recommended its replacement with a database that can be accessed by all participating merchants.

Cases of cyber identity theft in 2023 increased by nearly 14 percent, data from the Philippine National Police’s Anti-Cybercrime Group show.

Introducing “economic only” changes in the 1987 Constitution, as contained in Resolution of Both Houses 6, can never be a basis for a shift to parliamentary form of government, according to House leaders.

The military and the police should not allow themselves to be used by former president Rodrigo Duterte in his desire to grab power by ousting President Marcos, cause-oriented group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) said yesterday.

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.

Senate hearings on Charter change are set for Monday, with discussions to focus on restrictive economic provisions affecting select industries, according to Sen. Sonny Angara, who stressed they would avoid tinkering with elected officials’ term limits.

The state health insurer has released a list of 32 commonly prescribed outpatient medicines that have been added to the Konsulta program.

Upto P150 million in financial assistance has been endorsed by Speaker Martin Romualdez for flood victims in Davao region.

The Philippines, through the Department of National Defense , is exploring the possibility of acquiring defense assets from Sweden.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development has so far delisted about 100,000 families from the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program because of anomalies.

Sen. Bong Go stressed the need for better health care after a recent OCTA Research survey showed that health is the Filipinos’ top concern.