The Department of Foreign Affairs announced on Saturday that Timor-Leste's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Bendito dos Santos Freitas is set to visit the Philippines from August 19 to 21, 2024.

The southwest monsoon or habagat is expected to bring scattered rains and thunderstorms to Batanes and the Babuyan Islands on Sunday as it affects extreme northern Luzon, state weather bureau PAGASA said.

The Department of Budget and Management is urging government agencies to further ramp up their spending of the 2024 budget to improve the delivery of public goods and services.

The low-pressure area last detected in the northern part of the country has exited the Philippine area of responsibility, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.

In a 58-page decision promulgated on August 2, the appellate court’s former special eight division of five junked the application of the privilege of writ of habeas data and amparo of the activists due to their “failure to establish their claims as sub...

Bautista clarified that the photo of the vice president was not taken from the airport's CCTV (closed-circuit television) footage.

Senate President Francis Escudero on Monday said there are no plans to lessen the holidays following the online uproar his previous comments stirred. 

Transport group PISTON on Monday announced that it will join the three-day nationwide transport strike to protest the implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) modernization program. 

The Senate is looking into the recent deaths of two overseas Filipino Workers in Saudi Arabia.   

Vice President Sara Duterte’s satisfaction and trust ratings plummeted in the second quarter of 2024, think-tank Oculum Research and Analytics said.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised on June 3 the status of Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island to Alert Level 2 due to "increasing unrest."

The Philippines plans to file a new diplomatic protest against China after two Chinese aircraft dropped flares in the path of a Philippine Air Force aircraft patrolling Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) last week, an incident that President Ferdina...

Key members of the House of Representatives on Monday scored Vice President Sara Duterte for her continued "silence" on China's incursions in the West Philippine Sea, continuing the lower chamber's spat with Duterte after her open criticism of the Marc...

The group filed their plea before the Supreme Court on Monday morning, asking the tribunal to reverse the Court of Appeals decision which dismissed their petition assailing the freeze order by the Anti-Money Laundering Council.

Yulo's trainer and coach will also receive P10 million in cash incentives for his two gold medal finishes in the men's vault exercise finals and the vault exercise finals. 

MTRK Terranova’s shipping company, Portavaga Ship Management Inc., denied allegations of oil smuggling after the Department of Justice (DOJ) floated speculation of a conspiracy. 

To cushion the blow of losing billions in revenue from banning Philippines offshore gaming operators (POGOs), a House of Representatives leader on Tuesday proposed for the government to tap into the earnings of another troubled gambling industry: sabon...

Hontiveros said that Guo continued to pay for the utilities and bills of the POGO hub and even the salaries of the POGO workers after the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission twice-raided Zun Yuan Technology Inc.

Rice inflation has slowed but it remains to be the number one contributor to overall food inflation, according to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority on Tuesday.   

"It is safe to assume that they have continued their maintenance and expansion little by little. As it is right now it is a fully functional military base with naval and air force capabilities."

In a post on Facebook on Monday evening, Fortun said that all the posts against the Olympian’s mother are  “untrue, fake, and mere products of imagination and fantasy by heretofore unknown individuals.”

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

Another low-pressure area was spotted outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), bringing to two the LPAs being monitored by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo sought Mongolia’s support for the Philippines’ candidature to the UN Security Council for 2027-2028.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday reinforced the Philippines' ties with Germany following the announcement of a defense agreement between the European country and the Philippines.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised on June 3 the status of Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island to Alert Level 2 due to "increasing unrest."

The House of Representatives will grant Carlos Yulo P6 million in cash incentives after his double gold-medal finish at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Thanks to Carlos Yulo's double gold-medal finish, the Philippines moved up 10 places from 31st to 21st of 184 teams in the medal rankings at the 2024 Paris Olympics overnight on Monday.

Philippine cinema icon and Regal Films founder Lily Monteverde, affectionately called Mother Lily in the industry, passed away early yesterday morning, a day after her husband of over 60 years, Remy Monteverde, was laid to rest.

President Marcos has appointed award-winning industrial designer Kenneth Cobonpue as a member of the Philippine Creative Industries Development Council under the Department of Trade and Industry.

The House of Representatives starts today the deliberations on the proposed P6.352-trillion national expenditure program (NEP) for 2025 of the Marcos administration.

Malacañang has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to dismiss the petition seeking to declare as unconstitutional Executive Order 62, which reduced the tariffs of imported rice and other agricultural products from 35 percent to 15 percent.

The investigation of the Senate panel on the alleged scamming and human trafficking in Clark related to Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) can already be terminated as numerous loopholes in existing laws have been exposed, Senate Minority Lea...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Vietnamese Coast Guard (VCG) will hold joint exercises on search and rescue (SAR) as well as fire and explosion prevention training in Manila Bay today.

“The ICC prosecutor can do that voluntarily by himself, directly talking to these five people,” Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said.

The oil spill from the sunken MT Terra Nova last week would reach Metro Manila today, the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) said.

Following mixed adjustments last week, oil companies are set to lower pump prices of petroleum products by as much as P0.85 per liter today.

Vice President Sara Duterte decried “political harassment” and called out Philippine National Police chief Gen. Rommel Marbil for allegedly deceiving the public on the reason why 75 of her PNP security personnel were recalled.