MANILA – A lawmaker on Wednesday cited the need to expedite the release of still undistributed subsidies, particularly the proposed PHP500 monthly subsidy, to poor Filipino families for three months amid surging commodity prices.... Read full article
MANILA – Most parts of the country will experience rain showers due to the shear line affecting the eastern sections of Southern Luzon and the Visayas and the northeast monsoon affecting Luzon.... Read full article
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has reactivated a team tasked to ensure this year's peaceful and orderly elections in Samar province.... Read full article
MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) have vaccinated almost their entire force against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19)... Read full article
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The economy of Antique’s capital town San Jose de Buenavista is starting to pick up since its de-escalation to Alert Level 1 on April 1.... Read full article
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he wanted at least two police officers deployed in hotels used as Covid-19 quarantine facilities to prevent ... Read full article
MANILA – The Philippine government has so far repatriated 342 and evacuated some 63 Filipinos from war-torn Ukraine since Russia attacked the country on February 24, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday.... Read full article
MANILA – Bargain hunters reigned in the local bourse on Thursday resulting in the negative close of the main index, but the local currency finished sideways against the US dollar. ... Read full article
MANILA – A former cadre of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) said the neutralization of Menandro "Ka Bok" Villanueva is long overdue and has long been wanted, most especially by the people he terrorized.... Read full article
MANILA – The Philippines’ current account (CA) is projected to post a higher deficit in the coming years but a ranking central bank official said there are structural inflows that would offset this... Read full article