The country’s medical societies yesterday urged President Marcos and Congress to allocate a sufficient budget for the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. and to phase out the Department of Health’s Medical Assistance for Indigent and Financia...

A search warrant was issued mid-afternoon Saturday, December 20, after authorities were initially denied access to CCTV footage and other documents related to former Department of Public Works and Highways undersecretary Ma. Catalina Cabral a...

In part three of his series of “exposés,” resigned congressman Zaldy Co claimed yesterday that his former boss, former speaker Martin Romualdez, threatened to have him killed if he spilled the beans on the alleged P100 billion budget...

The Senate will look into former congressman Zaldy Co’s claim that some P100 billion worth of projects were inserted into the 2025 national budget, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said yesterday.

President Marcos scolded former House speaker Rep. Martin Romualdez and wanted corruption in the lower chamber to stop, Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco said Friday.

Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin yesterday denied reports that he will be replaced by Finance Secretary Ralph Recto.

Former public works undersecretary Roberto Bernardo, among the central figures in tagging government officials and lawmakers in flood control kickback schemes, has pledged to return the money he allegedly received from the kickbacks, Sen. Sherwin Gatch...

Business groups have renewed their call to the government to address corruption issues with full transparency and accountability, citing concerns over recent allegations on budget insertions and the peso’s new record low.

A “comedy series” – this was how Malacañang reacted to the latest allegations made by resigned Ako Bicol party-list representative Zaldy Co against President Marcos on the supposed billions of pesos the latter received from the...

The Supreme Court (SC) has designated an initial batch of 26 Regional Trial Courts (RTCs) to handle corruption-related cases, particularly arising from the multibillion-peso flood control controversy. 

Lawyers representing former president Rodrigo Duterte maintained that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no basis to continue with the ongoing proceedings in relation to the drug war.

President Marcos stayed at Malacañang yesterday and monitored the rally of religious group Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) in Manila supposedly to call for “transparency, accountability and justice” for the corruption in flood control projec...

President Marcos has extended the 15 percent tax on imported rice until the end of the year and created an interagency group on rice tariff adjustment, Malacañang said yesterday.

President Marcos should certify as urgent a “National Land-Use” bill in the House of Representatives and sign it into law the soonest to prevent the devastating effects of typhoons, an opposition lawmaker said yesterday.

The Philstar Media Group bagged two awards at the 18th Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards at Fairmont Hotel in Makati on Nov. 6.

The Department of Education yesterday reported that 11,968 schools are at flood risk and 12,747 schools at landslide risk because of the onslaught of Super Typhoon Uwan.

Individuals arrested through a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court no longer have to go through an extradition process as the government can simply surrender them to the international tribunal, according to one of the lawyers repres...

The Philippines and the European Union have highlighted specific areas for further engagements and cooperation on a range of maritime issues.

Local governments must impose strict policies to better protect children from becoming victims of cyberbullying and online sexual abuse, Vice President Sara Duterte said yesterday, in line with the celebration of National Children’s Month this No...

Today’s preliminary investigation on the first five cases of ghost flood control projects in Bulacan has been rescheduled to Nov. 14 due to the suspension of government work as a result of Super Typhoon Uwan, the Department of Justice announ...

Over 100 Noche Buena items have retained their prices, while six saw rollbacks as the Department of Trade Industry released its Noche Buena price guide ahead of the holiday season.

The Department of Agriculture has prepositioned over P384 million worth of assistance for farmers and fisherfolk as Super Typhoon Uwan hit the country, the agency announced yesterday.

President Marcos needs to expand the citizens’ reporting website for flood control to cover all infrastructure projects, as part of efforts to boost transparency in public spending, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson said yesterday.

Contrary to popular belief, the cost of living in the so-called Mega Manila or the provinces just outside Metro Manila is more costly than in the country’s capital, according to a congressman.

The 2025 Bar examinations concluded yesterday, with the results expected to be released early January.

The combined armed and defense forces of the Philippines, Japan and the United States concluded the 11th Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MMCA) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), demonstrating a collective commitment to strengthen regional an...

One of the three Department of Public Works and Highways engineers who spilled the beans on the multibillion-peso flood control corruption has sought permission from the House of Representatives leadership to visit his family over the weekend.

Some victims of the previous administration’s deadly campaign against illegal drugs believe that former president Rodrigo Duterte is simply trying to delay the proceedings to avoid facing trial at the International Criminal Court.

Flood control projects will still receive funding in 2026 from previously allocated but unused budgets, Senate finance committee chair Sherwin Gatchalian clarified yesterday, even after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)’s P275-bi...

Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson yesterday quashed fresh rumors of another leadership change in the Senate barely a week after the shake-up in the chamber.

President Marcos has declared the second week of September every year as “National Pensioners’ Week” to honor their contribution to national development and raise awareness on social security protection.

Corruption remains a concern for foreign investors, but recent government efforts to look into anomalous flood control projects and hold officials accountable could help strengthen investor confidence, according to the American and European business ch...

President Marcos is ready to order a sweeping review of the proposed budgets of agencies, Malacañang said yesterday as it urged the different  agencies to check their respective proposed outlays for possible insertions and other questionabl...

The incidence of involuntary hunger continues its downward trend among the poorest Filipino households, with 300,000 family-beneficiaries eating better under the Walang Gutom Program (WGP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

One of the key legislators who can shed light on spurious insertions in the 2025 national budget is reportedly in the United States seeking medical treatment.

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.

With two warships of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy seen observing the exercises, the United States Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy again joined the Philippine Navy in another multilateral maritime cooperative activ...

Malacañang has released a list of holidays for next year through a proclamation that enumerates at least nine long holidays and declares the anniversary of the 1986 EDSA Revolution that deposed President Marcos’ late father and namesake as...