CEBU CITY – Authorities have announced that all victims from the trash slide in Barangay Binaliw here have already been accounted for. But for the family of one of the victims, the search is not over yet. Relatives of chemical engineer Frederick Lee Deximo urged responders to continue the search...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte questioned on Monday, Jan. 19, the motives behind an impeachment complaint against President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. In a statement posted on his official Facebook page, Duterte raised concerns about a possible conflict of interest among...
Three hundred more rice processing centers will be established around the country this 2026, President Marcos said. "This year, magtatayo pa tayo ng mga 300 plus na drying system (we will build more than 300 drying systems)," Marcos announced during an inspection of the newly-constructed Rice...
The deportation of dismissed Ako-Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co may be the “most logical way’’ to bring him back to the country from Portugal to face the charges in relation to anomalous flood control projects. But the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said the...
Bukidnon 2nd district Rep. Jonathan Keith Flores expects House Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos to follow the constitutional process when it comes to the impeachment complaint filed against the latter 's father, President Marcos. To the outsider, Rep. Marcos appears...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) will play a central role in the 2nd Joint Trifocal Education Management Committee Meeting and the Trifocal Education Launch Program, set to take place next week in Ilocos Norte. In a media advisory issued Monday, January 19, CHED announced its participation...
Washington-based multilateral lender International Monetary Fund (IMF) has tweaked downwards its economic growth projections for the Philippines this year and the next, following its more somber outlook for 2025 amid corruption allegations and climate disruptions. According to the IMF’s updated...
President Marcos described the Sum-Ag Water Treatment Plant in Bacolod City as a model of sound infrastructure planning and responsible investment. He made the statement during an inspection at the water treatment plant in Bacolod City on Maonday, Jan. 19. “It is an initiative that represents...
Public school learners and teachers will soon benefit from bamboo-made school furniture as the Department of Education (DepEd) begins its rollout in selected schools starting February. The initiative, led by DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara, finally puts into practice Executive Order (EO) No. 879, s....
House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III has described as "unjustifiable" the impeachment complaint filed against President Marcos on Monday, Jan. 19. "Wala tayong nakikitang batayan na magbibigay-katwiran sa isinampang impeachment complaint laban kay Pangulong Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr. (We...
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) started the week lower as investors took profits from recent gains, as expected. The main index dropped 26.89 points, or 0.42 percent, to close at 6,437.78 on Monday, Jan. 19. Banks led the retreat, although the services sector advanced, while the...
Demand for short-term government securities (GS) remained strong, with domestic lenders snapping up debt paper at lower rates amid the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) slightly dovish stance. During the latest treasury bills (T-bills) auction on Monday, Jan. 19, the Marcos Jr. administration...
