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.

“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.

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.

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.

Marcos said hoarding and smuggling are the only factors driving up the prices of rice. But this runs contrary to the executive order he issued last week, which cited "global events" as other reasons driving up rice prices.

The Senate higher, technical and vocational education committee has issued a show cause order against officials of the University of Manila after they failed to show up to its hearing on Monday about alleged irregularities in its grading system.

The Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 16 ruled that the “prosecution miserably failed to prove the guilt of Kerwin Espinosa beyond reasonable doubt that he was in effective control and possession over the firearms or weapons and ammunition neither was...

Duterte also said that the surveillance activities funded by the OVP's confidential expenses had led to the arrest of a scammer posing as an OVP representative to “sell” livelihood projects in Bulacan.

The heavy rain and strong winds resulting from these weather disturbances have affected around 514,153 people in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, and Western Visayas. 

The Manila International Airport Authority on Monday announced that some flights have been canceled due to unfavorable weather condition brought by the southwest monsoon enhanced by Typhoon Hanna.

PAGASA reported Monday morning that Hanna was spotted 265 kilometers northwest of Itbayat in Batanes, with peak winds of 120 km per hour and gusts of up to 150 kph.  

Several local government units have announced a class suspension on September 4 due to the continuous rains caused by habagat and Typhoon Hanna.

Follow this page for updates on "Hannah" (international name: Haikui), the eighth tropical cyclone to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility. 

President Marcos’ signing of Republic Act 11960, or the One Town, One Product Law is a perfect post-COVID pandemic law that would go a long way in helping micro, small and medium enterprises recover from the lingering effects of health crisis, Speaker ...