Senator Imee Marcos called the detainment of Special Envoy on Transnational Crime Ambassador Markus Lacanilao a "gentle slap on the wrist". Photo from the Senate’s Office of the Sergeant at Arms (OSAA) In a statement on Tuesday, April 22, Marcos said that Lacanilao should have been detained...
Dutch financial giant ING expects the Philippine peso to depreciate against the United States (US) dollar in the near term as the US President Donald Trump-led global trade war rages on and the domestic economy weakens. "We look for the Singapore dollar and Philippine peso to underperform in a...
Senator Imee Marcos fired back at Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Tuesday, April 15, calling him “ambisyoso” (ambitious) in response to his remarks urging her not to use the Senate for her own political objectives. Senate President Francis "Chiz" Esucdero and Senator Imee Marcos...
Amid the brewing tension between Senator Imee Marcos and Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero over a contempt order against a resource person in the hearing of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday, April 11, called for “cooler heads” and a...
Private-sector investors, especially foreigners, have grown hesitant to enter public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the Philippines due to political interference in contract pricing and delays in government compensation to private partners, according to the Asian Development Bank...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero told Senator Imee Marcos on Friday, April 11, not to use the Senate as a platform for her political objectives and instead urge her to use her name, title, and influence as a bridge toward unity, not a wedge for division. Senate President Francis "Chiz"...
Although recovering from the 11-year-low inflows in December last year, foreign-led brick-and-mortar investments at the start of 2025 declined by 20 percent to $731 million, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). The latest BSP data released on Thursday, April 10, showed that foreign...
Senator Imee Marcos expressed her disappointment after Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero refused to sign a contempt order against one of the resource persons during a Senate panel inquiry that she led on Thursday, April 10. Senator Imee Marcos presides over the Senate Committee on Foreign...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has confirmed the death of the second of four Filipinos missing after the devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28. File photo In a statement on Thursday morning, April 10, the DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Yangon confirmed...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has confirmed the death of one of the four Filipinos reported missing after the devastating 7.7-magnitude that struck Myanmar on March 28. File In a statement on Wednesday, April 9, the DFA said the family of the deceased Filipino was already informed of the...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday, April 4, that it was already informed by the Chinese government about the arrest of three Filipinos suspected of spying as well as the charges they are facing. DFA spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza said that protecting the rights and the...
Members of the Cabinet on Thursday, April 3 snubbed the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations’ second public hearing on the government’s move to surrender former president Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Not a single secretary, including their representatives,...
