Commission on Higher Education chairman J. Prospero de Vera III has directed all state universities and colleges to stop offering the senior high school program starting next school year (SY 2024-2025), saying that there is no longer any legal basis to...

Two bettors became instant millionaires two days before the New Year after winning in the 6/58 Ultralotto and 6/45 Megalotto drawn on Friday, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office said yesterday.

First big news of the year was the assassination of Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo, a classic whodunit in the tradition of political and media rubouts that seemed to have carried over from the year previous, particularly that of broadcaster Percy...

As the nation marked the 127th anniversary of the martyrdom of Jose Rizal yesterday, President Marcos called on Filipinos to emulate the national hero’s genuine love for the country and to have a deep sense of ownership of their motherland.

The Philippine Coast Guard is firm on its stand in asserting Philippine sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea over China, as the former engages with more countries for further capacity-building.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning hit back at the Philippine armed forces over a plan to build a permanent structure at Ayungin Shoal in a bid to protect the country’s sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea.

President Marcos has ordered the streamlining and strengthening of functions of various government agencies to fast track the reconstruction of Marawi City and other areas affected by the 2017 armed conflict between government forces and the ISIS-inspi...

The Makabayan bloc yesterday made a last-minute call for Malacañang to stop the implementation of the public utility vehicle modernization planwhich would lead to the phase out of traditional jeepneys.

Beijing's Foreign Ministry vehemently opposed plans by Manila's government to construct a permanent structure within the West Philippine Sea to shelter Filipino fisherfolk, calling the move as "inconsistent with international law."

Injuries due to pyrotechnic devices continue to rack up days ahead of the New Year festivities, with survivors already breaching the 100 mark.

The public must keep an eye on how the government will spend the unprogrammed appropriations it had “bloated” in the 2024 national budget, a budget expert cautioned on Tuesday, in light of recent proposals allowing the government to tap state firms’ re...

“The document circulating as Proclamation No. 427, declaring Friday, 22 December 2023, as a special (half-working) day throughout the Philippines under the signature of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., is false,” the Official Gazette said. 

Transport groups Piston and Manibela started their "joint tigil-pasada" this Thursday to protest the impending loss of livelihood for thousands of jeepney and UV Express workers starting January 2024.

In his letter dated December 18, retired police brigadier general Jerry Valeroso expressed his intention to withdraw his testimonies against the former senator to “set free" those "wrongfully charged” in the court.

Chinese media reported that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a phone call with Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo that the relationship between China and Manila “now stands at a crossroads.” 

Major train lines in the metro have extended their operating hours amid the holiday rush.

Achdiocese of Kalookan and CBCP President Pablo Virgilio David said that the Vatican document in authorizing the clergy of blessing same-sex couples "speaks for itself."

The new law requiring Filipinos to register their SIM cards is the most searched news in the Philippines this year, according to technology company Google.

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...

The new COVID-19 subvariant JN.1 now circulating in the US and other countries is expected to enter the country in “due time,” according to an infectious disease specialist.

Sen. Loren Legarda thanked Quezon City District 2 Councilor Mikey Belmonte for the Murang Bigas Handog Pangkabuhayan program, which provided residents with P20,000 worth of affordable rice for their startup business.

An official of the House of Representatives has defended President Marcos for voicing his openness to amending the Constitution – particularly its economic provisions – and chided the Senate for its “obstructionist stance.”

While he may be personally “upset” by what has been described as the “hostile” behavior of Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian, President Marcos said he won’t seek the recall of the envoy because the Philippines cannot afford to commit mistakes that may ca...

Senate colleagues of Sen. Francis Tolentino are discussing his possible replacement as Blue Ribbon committee chairman, saying he has become busy with preparations for his re-election bid in 2025.

Now open to full foreign ownership, the renewable energy sector is ripe for picking as a viable investment, President Marcos said yesterday as he invited Japan and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to give it a try, along wi...

About 5,400 people were stranded in various seaports in the Visayas and Mindanao as of noon yesterday as Tropical Depression Kabayan weakened and continued to move across the West Philippine Sea, according to the Philippine Coast Guard.

Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle on Sunday said his identity has been “stolen” and is being used in marketing gimmickry to sell tea, portable air-conditioning units and even medication for rheumatism.

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.

As he prepares to sign the P5.768-trillion budget program tomorrow, President Marcos yesterday declared as a “settled issue” the controversy over the aborted inclusion of P650-million confidential funds in the 2024 budgets of the Office of Vice Preside...

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.

A Human Rights Coordinating Council will be created to sustain current initiatives under the United Nations Joint Program on Human Rights that the country entered into with the UN to promote a human rights-based approach to drug control and counterter...

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.

Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has reminded Catholics to “give like Jesus” instead of splurge-spending on parties this Christmas.

President Marcos is set to sign on Tuesday the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said.

Over 2,200 homes under the Marcos administration’s flagship housing program have earned P929 million in funding from the Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-IBIG, the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development said yesterday.

President Marcos and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida yesterday agreed to cooperate for the early completion of talks for the planned Reciprocal Access Agreement and to strengthen their coast guards in the face of China’s increasingly aggressive m...