President Marcos directed the Philippine National Police to keep the police force “free from any form of corruption and abuse” during the oath-taking of 57 newly promoted police generals at Malacañang yesterday.

In his message for the 123rd anniversary of the Civil Service Commission, President Marcos yesterday thanked the country’s 1.8 million civil servants “who work tirelessly and with excellence and integrity to deliver the quality service that all Filipin...

Austria has opened its doors to Filipino nurses, with local recruitment agencies reporting its addition to the list of countries hiring Filipino health care workers.

Groups criticized President Marcos for attending the F1 series in Singapore amid economic crisis in the country.

President Marcos took a break to read the greetings he received on his 66th birthday on Sept. 13, including those from children.

States must guarantee fundamental freedoms online and during use of digital technologies, United Nations and regional human rights experts said.

Two weeks after the confiscation of suspected smuggled imported rice worth P505 million in Bulacan, the Bureau of Customs failed to file charges against those involved, Sen. Francis Escudero said.

The UNODC cited an undercover operation in Pampanga in July last year, led by the Philippine National Police-Maritime Group (PNP-MG), that resulted in the confiscation of a Philippine serpent eagle and the arrest of several suspects who were attempting...

An ecumenical student group recently expressed its opposition to the proposal of the Department of Education (DepEd) to remove the term “Diktadurang Marcos,” referring to former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr., from the Grade 6 curriculum.

Speaker Martin Romualdez is leaving it up to Harvard University to discuss reports that he had donated $2 million, saying the school has a policy with regard to such arrangements.

The Supreme Court hopes to release the results of the 2023 Bar examinations by early December.

President Marcos surprised a number of overseas Filipino workers spending Sunday time at the Lucky Plaza Mall in Singapore yesterday, the Presidential Communications Office said.

The Department of Education announced on Sunday that it will launch pilot implementation of the revised Kindergarten to Grade 10 (K-10) curriculum in basic education in various regions in the country, beginning on September 25. 

Pope Francis has removed a priest from Borongan, Eastern Samar, due to allegations of child sexual abuse, according to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines.

Mindanao is expected to experience rain showers on Sunday due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone, while the southwest monsoon or habagat has slightly weakened in many parts of the Philippines.

The Development Bank of the Philippines has remitted its P25-billion contribution to the Maharlika Investment Fund ahead of the formal establishment of the corporation that will manage the country’s first sovereign wealth fund.

The Supreme Court announced Sunday that it is planning to release the results of the 2023 Bar exams in December. 

Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and two Cabinet officials will lead the Philippine delegation to the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City.

=The Philippines is ready to deploy its humanitarian contingent to quake-hit Morocco, the Office of Civil Defense said yesterday.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised on June 8 the status of Mayon Volcano in Albay to Alert Level 3 after it showed an “increased tendency towards a hazardous eruption.”

While the bureaucracy may have gone “a little bit out of control,” President Marcos has assured investors that efforts are underway to improve the ease of doing business in the Philippines.

Up to 2,956 police officers who might influence the outcome of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in their localities on Oct. 30 were reassigned outside their areas of responsibility, the Philippine National Police reported yesterday.

There is no reason to panic after the United States Department of Agriculture tagged the Philippines as the world’s top rice importer, a ranking official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said yesterday amid the country’s dependence on imported gra...

With their latest show of hostilities in Philippine waters, it has become evident that Chinese maritime militia vessels were taking orders from the Chinese coast guard to stop any resupply mission for the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal, Philippine C...

No way should the mandated SIM card registration be suspended just because of glitches that enabled fake ID cards to slip past its system, Sen. Grace Poe said yesterday as she urged telecommunication firms to make sure they do their part well in implem...

The proposed P5.678-trillion budget for next year has been submitted for plenary debates, which begin on Tuesday.

Slain overseas Filipino worker Jullebee Ranara’s 17-year-old killer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Kuwait for murder.

The Bureau of Customs has forfeited over 40,000 sacks of allegedly smuggled rice valued at P42 million in Zamboanga City.

Good governance will be the key in putting an end to the decades-long communist insurgency in the country, according to Vice President Sara Duterte.

A leading conglomerate in India is looking at investing in the Philippines, particularly in airports, roads and energy projects, Malacañang said yesterday.

The military has conferred achievement medals on two canines who have been helping soldiers in the continuing fight against insurgency in the Visayas.

The government is moving to boost the country’s carabao production to support the feeding program for preschoolers, according to an official of the Department of Agriculture.

The proposed tariff cut on imported rice combined with the rice price ceiling implemented on Sept. 5 will result in the farmgate price of palay further plummeting to P6 per kilo, according to farmers’ group Federation of Free Farmers.

The Philippines’ sugarcane industry has received a P314-million grant from the Japanese government as part of the farm mechanization program.

Cause-oriented groups criticized President Marcos for allegedly flaunting his lifestyle while the country is experiencing economic hardships.

Up to 400 Filipinos might have been affected by the strong earthquake in Morocco, according to the Department of Migrant Workers.

Owning multiple Subscriber Identity Module cards will be difficult and costly as the Department of Information and Communications Technology is looking into limiting SIM ownership and imposing a registration fee for a fourth card and beyond.