The Philippines and Paraguay have signed agreements on diplomatic training cooperation and visa-free travel, as both countries look forward to having President Marcos and his delegation visit Paraguay “in the near future.” Speaking during a joint press statement in Malacañang, Marcos described...
President Marcos and Paraguayan President Santiago Peña Palacios committed to strengthening political, economic, and people-to-people ties between the Philippines and Paraguay during a historic bilateral meeting in Manila. Marcos welcomed Peña during the first-ever Official Visit of a Paraguayan...
During intense deliberations that preceded the 2005 enactment of the Expanded Value Added Tax (E-VAT) Law, which also covered oil and electricity, lawmakers defended the measure as a treasury-tightening mechanism; an unpopular but calculated imposition designed to raise massive revenues so it could...
A massive surge in principal payments during the first quarter of 2026 drove the national government’s (NG) total debt service payments to ₱737.4 billion, more than doubling the ₱342 billion recorded in the same period last year. The latest Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) data showed that the...
Following weaker-than-expected Philippine economic expansion in the first quarter of 2026, Singapore-based United Overseas Bank Ltd. (UOB) slashed its full-year growth forecast to 3.2 percent from a more optimistic five percent previously. Excluding the contraction during the peak of Covid-19...
Senator Erwin Tulfo said on Sunday, May 10 that he believes any effort to stage a Senate coup to perpetuate a possible new leader in the Upper Chamber to block the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte would be counterproductive. “That’s very hard…magiging...
The House of Representatives is expected to take up in plenary on Monday afternoon, May 11 the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte, with the respondent 's potential second impeachment in two years hanging in the balance. The plenary proceedings will tackle Committee...
President Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte paid tribute to Filipino mothers on Mother’s Day, recognizing their sacrifices, love, and role in strengthening families and communities. In a Facebook post on Sunday, May 10, Marcos described mothers as the “light of the home” and pillars of...
President Marcos on Friday said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) remains firm in its position regarding detained Myanmar leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, as regional leaders expressed growing frustration over the lack of progress in addressing the political crisis in Myanmar. In a...
President Marcos has announced that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders adopted the Cebu Protocol amending the ASEAN Charter, marking the regional bloc’s first charter amendment since the document was established nearly two decades ago. In a press conference in Cebu, the...
The national government is making sure that former combatants who traded their rifles for peace do not fall through the cracks of a natural disaster. This, as the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) concluded field assessments and delivered initial relief...
Show proof or shut up. This was Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre 's response-slash-challenge to Senator Imee Marcos, after the latter claimed that House of Representatives members were being offered a massive "incentive package" to secure a "yes" vote for the impeachment of Vice President...
