LAPU-LAPU CITY – With heads of state arriving one after another, the 48th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Summit went full swing here on Thursday, May 7. As of 5 p.m. on Thursday, 10 of the 11 heads of member states have flown in for a series of high-level meetings. Amid...
Around 200 House of Representatives members are expected to vote in favor of the adoption of the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte--more than enough to clear the one-third vote threshold. This was gathered from separate statement Thursday, May 7 from Bicol Saro Party-list...
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The Philippines and Vietnam are looking to establish a long-term rice trade mechanism as part of efforts to ensure a stable supply and strengthen food security cooperation between the two countries, President Marcos said Thursday, May 7. President Marcos discussed the...
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — President Marcos has called for stronger regional cooperation and inclusive growth among members of the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA), saying development must be felt directly by local communities. Speaking at the...
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — President Marcos will convene a trilateral meeting with the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia as tensions continue to simmer between the two Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member-states over their longstanding border dispute. The meeting between President...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said P60 billion has been returned to the state health insurer from the National Treasury, months after the transfer of the agency’s excess funds triggered controversy and legal challenges. In a statement released on Wednesday, May 6,...
Senator Loren Legarda has filed a resolution seeking a Senate inquiry into the implementation and distribution of government cash assistance and subsidy programs following reports of alleged discriminatory practices in Batangas. Under Proposed Senate Resolution No. 381, Legarda called on the...
Amid the global energy problem brought about by the Middle East crisis, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations gather in Cebu tomorrow, May 8, for the 48th ASEAN Summit, with the region’s energy security high on the agenda. Leaders from all 11 ASEAN member-states—Brunei,...
The distribution of House Committee Report (CR) No. 261 among congressmen and its subsequent uploading to the House of Representatives website Wednesday, May 6 means that the 2026 articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte is now free for everybody to dissect and discuss. Here...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. personally led the rollout of “Bigas Para sa Masa” in the cities of Las Piñas, Parañaque, and Pasay on Wednesday, May 6, distributing rice and financial assistance to thousands of residents under the government’s Bagong Pilipinas campaign. In Las Piñas, the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has called on the Senate to conduct a thorough and immediate investigation into the “sudden and aggressive” rice importation of Planters Products Inc. (PPI), noting that the agency’s latest questionable moves could further hurt the country’s farmers already reeling...
The country’s economic growth slowed to its weakest pace since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in the first quarter of the year, prompting the government’s top planner to dismiss concerns that the nation is entering a period of stagflation or reverting to its historical status as the...
