MANILA – To cushion the economic blow of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendations of Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar on additional subsidies for food security and fuel... Read full article
MANILA – The government’s fiscal health remains robust amidst the rejection of bids for government securities during the weekly auctions since last week, Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said.... Read full article
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The San Fernando La Union Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (SFLU-TRC), a facility run by the Department of Health (DOH), targets to open its residential program for women patients by the last quarter of the year.... Read full article
MANILA – With barely three months left before Secretary William Dar leaves the Department of Agriculture (DA), he wants to be remembered for his legacy of providing direction for the sector’s future leaders.... Read full article
COTABATO CITY – In celebration of Women’s Month, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), through its two major instrumentalities, is set to launch five “fatwa” or religious rulings on gender-based violence (GBV).... Read full article
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Some 45 units of concrete artificial reefs were deployed at the marine protected area here as part of the inauguration of the Lingayen fish sanctuary on Monday that aims to boost fish production in the province of Pangasinan.... Read full article
COTABATO CITY – Anti-narcotic operatives arrested on Sunday a former town employee but missed her husband, a town councilor, during an anti-drug operation in Maguindanao.... Read full article
MANILA – Lt. Gen. Rhodel Sermonia is now the second-highest official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) after being named as the deputy chief for administration effective Monday.... Read full article
MANILA – The United Nations (UN) Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday lauded the Philippine government for passing a law increasing the age of sexual consent from 12 years old to 16 years old -- making sexual activity with those below 16 to be consider... Read full article
MANILA – Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Monday said the House of Representatives is on standby in the event President Rodrigo Duterte calls for a special session of Congress to pass legislation suspending or reducing fuel excise taxes.... Read full article