During a press briefing on Wednesday, Oriental Mindoro Governor Humerlito Dolor thanked the government agencies involved in the clean-up operation of the spilled oil, as he invited other stakeholders and agencies who are willing to help.

Senate Bill 2034 or the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Act reached the Senate plenary on Wednesday sponsored by Senator Ronald dela Rosa as chairperson of the Senate Sub-committee on ROTC.

The 99-year old former Senate President attended the public hearing of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments Revisions of Laws and Codes, upon the invitation of Committee chairperson Senator Robinhood Padilla at the Senate.

Sugar is currently priced at around PHP86 to PHP110, based on the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) latest price monitoring report

For 2022, the amount of short-term loans released by the agency increased by 21 percent or PHP9.46 billion compared to the PHP44.30 billion released in 2021.

The committee approval of the bill reinstituting absolute divorce for plenary debates will put the country at the "threshold of joining the universality of absolute divorce in the community of nations", a lawmaker said on Tuesday.