Malacañang said there is no information so far on a rumored reorganization of President Marcos ' Cabinet. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said they have yet to receive any information on a possible Cabinet revamp, saying it could just be a rumor. "Wala pa...
Senator Imee Marcos stated on Tuesday, January 6, that despite efforts to make the bicameral conference committee (bicam) open to public scrutiny, some agreements were reached while deliberations were suspended. In a television interview on ANC, Marcos, who 's a member of the minority bloc,...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is prepared to deploy a deeper round of interest-rate cuts as a secondary defense if the country’s economic expansion fails to hold the five percent level, according to the central bank chief. Speaking to the Tuesday Club on Jan. 6, BSP Governor Eli M....
A group of education workers on Tuesday, January 6, strongly criticized the Marcos administration for vetoing P43.245 billion in the 2026 national budget, which was intended for new government employees and retirement benefits. In a statement, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines...
Business groups are sounding the alarm over the remaining unprogrammed appropriations (UAs) in this year’s ₱6.793-trillion national budget, warning that the lack of transparency over these expenditures could further erode public trust in the government. In separate statements, the Makati...
Senator Imee Marcos said on Tuesday, Jan. 26, that calling the 2026 national budget the cleanest is prone to challenge and that, in her view, it is “certainly the sneakiest.” In a television interview on ANC, Marcos explained why she refused to sign the budget measure, describing it as a...
The Philippine government has acknowledged the initial assessment made by Australian police that there is no evidence of the Philippines ' role for the terror attack that killed 15 individuals in Bondi Beach in Sydney. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday, Jan. 6, issued a...
There shouldn 't be any unprogrammed appropriations (UA) in the national budget to begin with. This was the common reaction of House minority bloc members Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña and Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima on President Marcos ' decision to...
Nearly 300,000 job order (JO) and contract of service (COS) workers in government will be affected by President Marcos ' veto of a specific item listed under unprogrammed appropriations (UA) of the P6.793-trillion General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2026. Thus, said House Deputy Minority...
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) said the private sector is bearing the consequences of the corruption scandal in flood control projects, with some businesses reporting decreased productivity. PCCI President Ferdinand Ferrer said the billions of pesos allegedly pocketed by...
The Board of Investments (BOI) is now scrambling to fulfill its incentive agreement with automotive manufacturers after the ₱4.32-billion budget for the Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) program was cut from the 2026 national budget. The CARS program was one of the seven...
Allied Manufacturing Corp. Asia Pacific Pty Ltd. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are establishing a Chromebook production facility in Camarines Sur, a move intended to bolster the nation’s hardware supply chain and modernize its public education system. The manufacturing plant will be situated...
