The United States (US) is planning to leverage recent policy changes in the fish quota system to significantly increase its seafood exports to the Philippines, which currently account for less than one percent of the market. In a Nov. 24 policy brief, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said...
Addressing plastic pollution requires not only regulation and advocacy, but credible technology, President Marcos said. During the opening ceremony of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International High-Level Forum on Nuclear Technology for Controlling Plastic Pollution (NUTEC...
Former Ako-Bicol Party-list representative Zaldy Co is accusing presidential son Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos of having an accumulated P50.938 billion worth project insertions in the 2023, 2024, and 2025 national budgets. Co, who served as House Committee on Appropriations chairman...
President Marcos has vowed to improve government processes aimed at promoting and accelerating renewable energy projects. Marcos made the commitment during his visit at the Ning*Ning 6.55 megawatt project in Pasinaya Homes Prime Central in Naic, Cavite on Tuesday, Nov. 25. "On our end as the...
Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco has threatened to break up politically with President Marcos if he senses any effort from the latter to protect Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez, even as incriminating evidence has yet to be found against the former House Speaker. “Kailangan...
Executive Secretary Ralph G. Recto is set to recommend his successor as the government’s representative on the powerful seven-member Monetary Board (MB) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), naming newly appointed Finance Secretary Frederick D. Go for the influential post. Recto, who...
The Philippines is hoping to hold the first round of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with Canada in the first quarter of 2026, with the deal expected to be completed in the same year. Trade Undersecretary Allan Gepty, the country’s leading negotiator for FTAs, said he is meeting with his...
Forty-four members of the Party-list Coalition Foundation, Inc. (PCFI)--including two members of the Romualdez family--have signed a manifesto of support for House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III. In a statement released to House of Representatives reporters Monday night, Nov. 24, the PCFI...
President Marcos said there is no bad blood between him and former executive secretary Lucas Bersamin, following the latter 's exit from the Cabinet last week. In a press conference on Monday afternoon, Nov. 24, Marcos has put the issue to rest, saying they have already talked and all is fine....
President Marcos has unveiled the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) transparency portal, which he branded as a digital wall against corruption related to the implementation of infrastructure projects in the country. Marcos announced the rollout of the portal on Monday afternoon, Nov....
In order for the accusations of resigned lawmaker Zaldy Co to "mean something," he must come home and face the cases against him, President Marcos dared. As Marcos downplayed the new allegations made by Co on Monday, Nov. 24, linking him to the flood control anomalies, he challenged the resigned...
The Philippine economy is projected to grow by a faster 5.3 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2025, driven by the resumption of government spending and stronger consumer activity fueled by healthy remittance inflows during the holiday season, the University of Asia and the Pacific...
