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SAN FRANCISCO, AGUSAN DEL SUR—While relentless rains have triggered flash floods and landslides across parts of southwestern Mindanao in recent days, communities in the island’s northeastern section are grappling with the opposite problem—a prolonged dry spell that has left thousands of residents facing water shortages. At least 1,300 households in three villages in this town,
MABALACAT CITY, PAMPANGA, Philippines — Substandard steel products manufactured by a Chinese-owned steel plant in Magalang, Pampanga, may have already…
KORONADAL CITY, SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — The red-striped soft-scale insect (RSSI), a destructive sugarcane pest first detected in Bukidnon, has s…
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT, Philippines — The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has reversed course on its handling of electronic waste (e-waste) shipme…
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Pia Cayetano said Tuesday that the Philippines’ upper-middle-income status is difficult to celebrate when most Filipinos do…
MANILA, Philippines — No bettor won the jackpot prizes in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office’s (PCSO) major lotto draws on Tuesday, July 28, le…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police–Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP–CIDG) on Tuesday said it arrested three men in Ca…
MANILA, Philippines — The House prosecution panel is all set to present its evidence on Vice President Sara Duterte’s alleged misuse of P612.5 million…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police–Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP–CIDG) on Tuesday said it arrested two women in Ma…
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Robinhood Padilla on Tuesday urged the government to fix transportation problems in Bicol before pursuing plans to launch a…
MANILA, Philippines — Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III got a vote of confidence during President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of t…
MANILA, Philippines — Education Secretary Sonny Angara has ramped up the implementation by the Department of Education (DepEd) of executive directives…
TACLOBAN CITY — The mothers of two students killed in the June 22 mass shooting at San Jose National High School welcomed President Marcos Jr.’s tribu…
MANILA, Philippines — More than 1,100 hospitals nationwide still do not offer zero-balance billing, Sen. Pia Cayetano said Tuesday, a day after Presid…
MANILA, Philippines — Manila Water is on track to complete the 220 million liters per day (MLD) Kaysakat Water Treatment Plant in Antipolo City this y…
SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has temporarily closed a portion of the Tagudin-Cervantes Road in Iloco…
MANILA, Philippines — The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) has maintained that President Marcos’ support for a higher range of income ta…
MANILA, Philippines — Rights group Karapatan on Tuesday called for the release of the individuals apprehended during a rally ahead of President Ferdin…
MANILA, Philippines – Despite their differences, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) and Senate minority leader Alan P…
MANILA, Philippines — A House member has heaped praise on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. after he touched on the proposed New Philippine Building Act …
MANILA, Philippines — The estimated P50-billion revenue loss from President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s proposed tax relief package for Filipino workers…
MANILA, Philippines – In his Kontra State of the Nation Address (Sona) speech on Tuesday, Senate minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano sought reforms Pr…
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has named Atty. Paolo Teston as new associate justice of the Court of Tax Appeals. Teston, who is…
MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos can consider the grant of income tax relief and scrapping of electricity system loss charges as early Christmas gifts …
MANILA, Philippines — House of Representatives Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander Marcos believes the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Dutert…
MANILA, Philippines – The House of Representatives aims to pass President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s tax relief package by August so the Senate can immed…
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday vowed to reduce the housing backlog in Calinan District, Davao City, by the end of 202…
MANILA, Philippines – The National Prosecution Service (NPS) has approved the filing of a string of criminal cases against lawyer Levito Baligod and t…
MANILA, Philippines – While saying that the removal of system loss charges is a “step in the right direction,” a coalition of consumer groups on Tuesd…
VALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon — A second massive landslide and road collapse occurred along the Davao–Bukidnon Highway on Monday evening, July 27, striking …
MANILA, Philippines — Several areas in Metro Manila were flooded on Tuesday evening due to rainfall, according to authorities. The Quezon City Govern…
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Robin Padilla’s former top aide Rudolf Philip Jurado on Tuesday confirmed his resignation as the senator’s chief of staff. …
DAVAO CITY — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday inspected a medium-rise socialized housing project in Barangay Calinan here, as part of his swi…
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – After a year of manhunt operations, law enforcement officials finally caught up to the prime suspect in the 2025 kill…
Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories: 1. Romualdez ordered to answer raps in Ombudsman Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez and his co-accus…
COTABATO CITY — A Roman Catholic bishop in Mindanao welcomed President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s intensified anti-corruption campaign, but he also urg…
MANILA, Philippines — More farmers are embracing modern farm machinery and technologies as the government pushes to boost agricultural productivity, N…
