For the fifth time, the Philippines has been recognized as a prime diving destination in Asia by an international tourism body.

Rice retailers are losing P7,000 a day because of the implementation of Executive Order 39 putting price caps of P41 and P45 per kilo of the staple, a retailers group said on Thursday.

ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro expressed alarm over the three million drop in the number of enrollees for this school year, calling on Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte to explain the worrisome trend.

The Philippines and South Korea have signed a free trade agreement that is expected to enhance their investment ties, President Marcos announced yesterday.

Only President Marcos can lift Executive Order No. 39 mandating the price ceiling of rice at P41 and P45 per kilo, an official of the Department of Trade and Industry said on Thursday amid calls to withdraw the price cap within two to three weeks.

President Marcos has pushed for a loss and damage fund to support measures aimed at mitigating the impact of climate change, which he described as one of the “complex challenges” confronting the international landscape.

President Marcos has designated Hans Leo Cacdac as officer-in-charge of the Department of Migrant Worker, Malacañang announced on Wednesday night.

Business tycoon Lucio Tan, head of the conglomerate Lucio Tan Group of Companies, recently received the first Golden Bell Award from the local government of Cabuyao City for helping the city hasten its economic development and protect the environment.

Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. chairman Alejandro Tengco welcomed the charges filed against him and former PAGCOR board of directors over the alleged disappearance of a P75-million performance bond posted by the dissolved E-Sabong Licensing Depa...

As the region faces tensions over clashing claims in the South China Sea, President Marcos called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations not to let the international order fall prey to “hegemonic ambition” as he vowed to uphold freedom of naviga...

The Philippine embassy in Washington is arranging a possible visit by President Marcos to a West Coast city and Hawaii after his participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meet in California in November.

The Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 138 junked the conspiracy to commit sedition case against former senator Antonio Trillanes IV and several co-accused over the “Ang Totoong Narcolist” videos which went viral in 2019.

Filipino and Australian military forces have conducted a ground assault operation in a three-week bilateral exercise held at the Channel Island in Northern Territory, Australia on Sept. 3.

The government is hoping that the imposition of the price ceiling on rice will not go beyond one month as it expects prices of the staple food to stabilize in three weeks, according to an official of the Department of Trade and Industry.

A Senate oversight committee will review the use of confidential funds of civilian agencies, including the controversial combined secret funds worth P650 million of Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte for her office and the Department o...

Pegging the price of rice at P20 per kilo is “daydreaming” given the law of supply and demand in the world market, former president Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday.

A photo of a smiling monkey passed through undetected in the SIM card registration site of telecommunications companies, according to the National Bureau of Investigation.

State health insurer Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s top executives have had their salaries tripled during the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to an executive order issued by then president Rodrigo Duterte in 2021.

The mandated price ceiling on rice was not rushed and went through rigorous studies before implementation, Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Industry director Gerald Glenn Panganiban said yesterday after some retailers complained of losses.

The path to peace is long and winding – and often dominated by men.

Indonesian President and Association of Southeast Asian Nations chairman Joko Widodo urged fellow leaders yesterday to help steer the region toward peace and stability as he cited the need for a “more solid” and “bolder” regional bloc in the face of ob...

If the government were to implement a nationwide test to filter the beneficiaries of free college tuition, it has to ensure that it is based on equity in the sense that underprivileged and poor students are given priority to qualify for government subs...

Unlike in the budget hearing for the office of Vice President Sara Duterte, militant lawmakers were allowed Tuesday to manifest their objection to the proposed P10.7-billion allocation for the Office of the President for 2024.

Sen. Bong Go expressed full support for Vice President Sara Duterte’s proposed 2024 budget amounting to P2.4 billion after the Senate committee on finance approved the budget on Sept. 4.

Although he is no longer in government, former president Rodrigo Duterte said he will protest China’s recently released map featuring a new 10-dash line that defines its South China Sea boundaries.

Two Cyclone-class coastal patrol ships donated by the United States will officially join the Philippine Navy’s fleet on Sept. 11.

Teachers will have a 30-day rest without any Department of Education-mandated volunteer work when the school year closes, including Brigada Eskwela and summer learning camps, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said yesterday.

“As always, expect an oversupply of platitudes from ghostwriters paid for by politicians using taxpayers’ money. Elected officials never miss opportunities like this to have their names ringing in our ears, enough to last till the next election."

Southeast Asian leaders will gather Tuesday in Indonesia for talks set to be dominated by the crisis in Myanmar and China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea.

State weather bureau PAGASA said that Ineng is not directly affecting the country, although it is enhancing the southwest monsoon or habagat.

Follow this page for updates on "Ineng", the ninth tropical cyclone to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility. 

Some local government units have announced a class suspension on September 5 due to the impact of the southwest monsoon.

A complaint center is opening soon to receive complaints of vote-buying and vote-selling related to the Oct. 30 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, according to the Commission on Elections.

Until the revised rules are finally shelved, overseas Filipino workers will continue to protest against new travel requirements proposed by the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking, the labor group Migrante International vowed.

Typhoon Hanna has exited the Philippine area of responsibility but will continue to enhance the southwest monsoon and bring rains in many areas in the country, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.

Climate change is exacting a heavy toll on Filipino lives, properties and livelihoods, the United Nations said, warning that it could hamper the Philippines’ ambition of becoming an upper middle-income country by 2040 if left unaddressed.