In a statement, the embassy said it immediately contacted UAE authorities to verify the circumstances and whereabouts of the two OFWs.... Read full article
Last January, the SEC filed a criminal complaint against Villar Land, its related entities and their officers for market manipulation, insider trading and misleading disclosures.... Read full article
Efforts to cut electricity and fuel use by up to 20 percent across government agencies are gaining ground as authorities push conservation measures amid the ongoing Middle East conflict.... Read full article
The Philippines is sharpening its pitch for agriculture to global investors, arguing that the sector should no longer be viewed merely as a development challenge but as a viable, bankable investment option.... Read full article
In a video message outlining the government’s measures to cushion the impact of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, Marcos said some localities continue to collect fees from trucks carrying rice and other commodities.... Read full article
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Monday partnered with the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) to boost the country’s fight against digital organized crime, particularly illicit online gambling.... Read full article
In a media interview at the MMDA Timog Base in Quezon City on Monday, MMDA Chair Romando “Don” Artes said the reimplementation of the policy is effective March 16 based on Memorandum Circular No. 03, Series of 2026.... Read full article
Senator Pia Cayetano sponsored Senate Bill No. 1982, which seeks to allow the temporary suspension or reduction of excise taxes on petroleum products during periods of extraordinary increases in global oil prices.... Read full article
The letter apparently claimed that Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal lies outside the Philippines’ territorial sovereignty as defined by the 1899 Treaty of Paris, but affirmed that the area falls within the Philippines’ 200-mile economic zone.... Read full article
House Bill (HB) No. 8418, certified as urgent by the President, was approved with 247 affirmative votes, 3 negative votes and no abstentions.... Read full article