Pinakamahalagang balita sa bansa
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has extended the appointments of Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon and Transportation Acting Secretary Giovanni Lopez, Executive Secretary Ralph Recto said Wednesday. Recto said Marcos will submit the appointment papers of the two Cabinet officials to the Commission…
TRANSPORT group Piston pushed through with the second day of its nationwide strike on Wednesday, while Manibela called off its planned protest, reiterating that it is a nonpartisan organization. Piston said protesters would gather at Welcome Rotonda at 2 p.m. and march to Mendiola at 3 p.m. to…
Davao City Register of Deeds lawyer Kathy Baldonado testifies on Day 32 of Vice President Sara Duterte impeachment trial that none of the properties declared by the vice ...
THE proposed P10.7 billion Civil Aviation and Immigration Security Services (Caiss) project will enhance, not duplicate, existing Philippine border security systems, according to the project’s technology officer. “This is not a duplication at all,” Securiport LLC Chief Technology Officer Nate…
THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) plans to bring in more experts in priority areas beginning in 2027 as it moves into the next phase of its Science and Technology (S&T) Fellows Program. DOST Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. made the announcement Wednesday during the 5th S&T Fellows…
SUPREME Court Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen called for a purposeful approach to digital transformation for the judiciary without displacing human judgment and accountability. ”Technology is an instrument of institutional reform; it is not the reform itself,” Leonen said at the recent…
Overseas shipments reached a record $120.94 billion in September, nearly double the $65.95 billion recorded a year earlier, the data showed.
THREE passengers arriving from Bangkok were arrested after Customs and anti-drug authorities seized 18,679 grams of marijuana worth P18.679 million from their luggage at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3. The seizure was made during an anti-drug operation by the Bureau of…
A TRANSPORT group praised the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for protecting bus and jeepney drivers’ livelihoods following the approval of fare adjustments amid rising fuel costs. The United Transportation Coalition…
SEN. Bam Aquino said that government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) should be assessed not solely on their revenue contributions, but their public service as well. Aquino made the call during the Senate Finance Subcommittee B hearing on the proposed 2027 budget of the Governance…
The country’s biggest telcos are asking the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to observe due process after they were slapped with a daily fine of P100,000 over internet quality.
Former public works secretary Manuel Bonoan will remain as Sen. Jinggoy Estrada’s co-accused in a graft case linked to the flood control controversy.
Malacañang has advised former House speaker Lord Allan Velasco to come forward and shed light on the allegations against him after the Bureau of Immigration (BI) confirmed that he left the country on Aug. 30 and did not come home on his expected date of return.?
The People’s Initiative Coalition Against Dynasty, through its Dapat Isa Lang initiative, launched a digital signature platform yesterday in its push to end political dynasties.
The Supreme Court has directed the Office of the President, the Commission on Elections and both chambers of Congress to comment within five days on the petition against the postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to November 2028.
Amid corruption scandals, Filipinos may soon be able to track online how their hard-earned taxes are spent as President Marcos issued an executive order institutionalizing an online portal designed to promote transparency in the use of state funds.
Telco giant PLDT Inc. is appealing to the government to grant providers the power to unilaterally block sites without regulatory approval, to improve online safety and prevent copycat effects.
The Supreme Court has junked the three petitions challenging the ruling of the Senate impeachment court that allowed a lower number of votes to convict Vice President Sara Duterte.
A Muslim preacher was killed while another was wounded in an attack by unidentified motorcycle-riding men in Nabalawag, Cotabato on Tuesday.
A 69-year-old American has been arrested in Pampanga for allegedly showing racist behavior against Filipinos, according to the Bureau of Immigration.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake jolted Occidental Mindoro yesterday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.
A plebiscite for the conversion of Naga into a highly urbanized city will be conducted on Nov. 21 despite disruptions caused by the postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, according to the Commission on Elections.
A bank manager was found dead with a gunshot to the head in Tuba, Benguet on Tuesday afternoon.
President Marcos has allocated parcels of land to expand the area of an economic zone in Noveleta, Cavite.
Poor air quality persists in Metro Manila amid the Indonesia forest fires, data from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources showed.
The National Capital Region Police Office will investigate an off-duty policeman who joined a basketball brawl in Tondo, Manila.
Construction of major drainage, sewage and flood mitigation facilities at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is being accelerated by the Department of Public Works and Highways.
The water supply allocation for Metro Manila could be reduced in October as the country braces for the possible effects of El Niño, according to the National Water Resources Board (NWRB).
