The 136 Filipinos, who are awaiting repatriation, are all safe and accounted for despite the dwindling food and water supply in Gaza, Philippine Ambassador to Jordan Wilfredo Santos said on Tuesday, Oct, 24. Palestinians carrying foreign passports wait at the Rafah gate in the hopes of crossing...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the People's Survival Fund (PSF) has greenlit about P539 million worth of fresh climate adaptation projects. The DOF said the PSF Board’s newly-approved adaptation projects will be implemented in Mountain Province, the City of Borongan, and the Municipalities...
In an effort to mitigate the current oil prices, President Marcos wants to reduce the trigger period for fuel subsidy from three months to one month, the Department of Energy (DOE) said. In a statement, Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla said that Malacañang wants to change the language of the...
Public spending likely exceeded the government's third-quarter program by a tenth, driven by accelerated infrastructure expenditures, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said. In the National Government's August 2023 disbursement report, the DBM indicated that the Marcos...
President Marcos has ordered to reduce the trigger period in providing fuel subsidy to the transport sector. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over a sectoral meeting in Malacañang on Oct. 24, 2023. (Photo courtesy of PPA Pool/KJ Rosales) From three months, the...
The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) has approved a wage increase ranging from P30 to P35 for minimum wage earners in the Ilocos and Western Visayas region, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. In a statement, DOLE said the wage increase— P30-P35 in Ilocos Region...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Monday, Oct. 23 expressed concern regarding the potential risks related to the interconnection of e-wallets with untrusted applications. Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) "The increasing number...
The Philippine government will still study if its Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) with the United States could be invoked after China made dangerous maneuvers against Philippine vessels that led to a collision in the West Philippine Sea. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Spokesperson Ma. Teresita...
​The Department of Foreign Affairs has distanced itself from Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom (UK) Teddyboy Locsin after he said in a now-deleted post on social media platform X that "Palestinian children should be killed". In a statement on Monday, DFA said it "completely...
The proposal for a ‘no reserve price’ condition on the targeted 3rd green energy auction (GEA-3) for geothermal could trigger unwarranted “regulatory uncertainty’ for project developers and all investors in this technology’s supply chain, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has warned....
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has protested China’s dangerous maneuvers against Philippines vessels that eventually led to collisions in the Philippine waters and summoned the latter’s top diplomat in Manila to seek for an explanation. However, Chinese Ambassador to the...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Sunday, Oct. 22, that crisis alert level 3, voluntary repatriation, has been raised in Lebanon amid the Israel-Hamas violence in the region. In this picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military, an Israeli soldier...
