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.

Legislators are pushing to finance a project that will construct a permanent structure in Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea where soldiers are stationed on the grounded BRP Sierra Madre.

More than a week after two environmental activists were seized in Bataan, a new report showed that the Philippines remains the worst country for environment defenders in Asia.

The Commission on Appointments confirmed yesterday the ad interim appointment of Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr., who raised concern over external threats through internal activities by taking control of the local economy and processes.

The Department of Health yesterday clarified that not all of the P7.4 billion worth of drugs tagged by the Commission on Audit have expired.

Here are the latest updates on the volcano's activity and related events.

Ombudsman Samuel Martires asked Congress on Monday to strike off budget provisions that require the publication of initial audit findings on agencies’ spending to prevent the public from making premature judgments of possible corruption.

Leachon cited personal reasons for his resignation in a letter addressed to Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa.

This development means that Ressa and RHC have been cleared of all five tax evasion charges filed during the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte. 

Despite the designation of Department of Migrant Workers Undersecretary Hans Cacdac to temporarily head the DMW after secretary Susan “Toots” Ople died last month, jockeying for the position continues.

A majority of chief executive officers expect their companies’ revenues to be higher than pre-pandemic levels, a survey of the Management Association of the Philippines and PwC Philippines showed.

Farmers should benefit from an increase in rice production, President Marcos said yesterday, as he cited the need to bring new technology to the rice field to ensure that the food staple remains accessible to ordinary Filipinos.

Filipinos shouldn’t be sleeping with the enemy.

Without addressing specific concerns about the Office of the Vice President confidential funds, Vice President Sara Duterte claimed yesterday that the criticisms were lies and insisted that the funds were not accessed illegally.

President Marcos will address economic managers and business leaders at the 10th Asian Conference in Singapore on Sept. 13, Malacañang announced last night.

Workers from various labor groups led by the Kilusang Mayo Uno yesterday took to the streets to protest the government’s “inefficient and insufficient” measures to address the rising prices of rice and other basic commodities.

As early as July this year, Cielo Magno says Malacañang already wanted her out as undersecretary of the Department of Finance, on perceptions of being a “kakampink” or supporter of former vice president Leni Robredo.