Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste is asking the national government to limit to ₱10 billion its expenditures for the Philippines ' hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit this year. Leviste said this move alone would generate savings of...
Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) ride-hailing firm Green and Smart Mobility (GSM), operating as Green GSM in the Philippines, is planning a major expansion in the country to take advantage of rising demand for transport services as fuel prices soar, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said....
House Deputy Speaker Bacolod City lone district Rep. Albee Benitez has rejected the notion that congressmen have only been preoccupied with impeachment hearings, saying they 've also been looking for ways to address the fuel price crisis. "Impeachment lang ang inisiip nilang ginagawa namin,...
Korean drug kingpin Park Wang-yeol, 48, was temporarily extradited from the Philippines to South Korea on March 25. He shot and killed three Koreans in Bacolod City, Philippines in 2016 and was sentenced to 60 years in prison by a Philippine court in 2022. While living in the Philippines, he...
Only vehicles weighing up to five tons are allowed on Kennon Road as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) cited ongoing safety risks along the route. Heavy vehicles remain banned and are advised to use Marcos Highway as an alternate route, the agency said. Authorities highlighted...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is pushing a major shift in how the Philippine school year is structured, introducing what it calls a “Three-Term School Calendar”—a reform aimed at addressing long-standing issues in instructional time, teacher workload, and learning recovery. In a briefer...
The Chinese embassy in Manila has welcomed President Marcos ' pronouncement that the Philippines is open to the possibility of joint oil exploration with China amid the looming oil crisis brought by the Middle East conflict. Guo Wei, deputy spokesman for the embassy, said setting aside both...
State-run pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is off to a strong start with its Ginhawa Solar Energy Loan (GSEL) program, racking up over 1,200 applications worth nearly ₱400 million in less than 24 hours after its launch on Wednesday, March 25. “The rollout of GSEL is our...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Paolo Marcoleta tried to belabor already resolved matters during Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment hearing Wednesday, March 25--something that House Committee on Justice Chairperson Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro politely shut down....
Around P46.1 million worth of fresh, high-quality, and locally grown produce were directly procured by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) from farmers to ensure the delivery of healthier meals for its persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), the Department of the Interior and Local...
Malacañang on Thursday, March 26, clarified that essential government services such as ambulance, police, fire, and health operations will not be affected by the government’s energy conservation measures amid rising global fuel prices. Executive Secretary Ralph Recto said agencies delivering...
Amid the series of big-time oil price increases in the past few weeks, at least two major groups of bus operators urged President Marcos to reconsider his decision to suspend the implementation of the fare adjustments for public utility vehicles (PUVs). In two separate letters addressed to the...
