1 of 2 PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. pressed Southeast Asian leaders and China at a regional summit on Thursday to urgently speed up negotiations on a code of conduct for the South China Sea, while Read More

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos during the opening ceremony of 44th and 45th Asean Summit in Lao PDR. — REVOLI S. CORTEZ/PPA POOL PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Thursday said Southeast Asian leaders were exploring Read More

Smokes rise, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, southern Lebanon Sept. 23, 2024. — REUTERS OVER 400 Philippine applications for repatriation from war-torn Lebanon have yet to be processed by authorities there, according to Read More

FREEPIK THE DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is planning on issuing at least 4,211 mining permits and contracts next year, with its focus on securing more deals on smart mining, according to the Environment Read More

A CONGRESSMAN on Thursday pushed to lodge an additional P10 billion under the National Electrification Administration’s (NEA) 2025 budget to boost nationwide rural electrification efforts. The NEA earmarked P2.6 billion for next year’s spending, 89% Read More

THE PHILIPPINES’ top health official should step down if he fails to uphold the commitment to make healthcare affordable for Filipinos, a congressman said on Thursday, urging the Department of Health (DoH) to stay true Read More

Students walk inside the campus of a high school in Quezon City, April 18, 2024. — REUTERS THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed its support for House Bill No. 9997, a proposal aimed at reducing road traffic-related accidents Read More

BW FILE PHOTO A SENATOR on Tuesday said construction costs of the new Senate building in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City have ballooned to P31 billion from P8.6 billion, updating a previous estimate of P27 billion. “Read More

PHILSTAR FILE PHOTO THE Philippines’ anti-graft court has acquitted ex-Zamboanga del Sur Governor Aurora E. Cerilles and nine other provincial officials accused of corruption for allegedly conspiring with a private entity to bag a procurement Read More

JÖRG HUSEMANN DA PIXABAY COTABATO CITY — The police had finally clamped down an elusive suspect in statutory rape cases in an operation in Barangay Titulok in Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. James Read More