The Marcos administration is proposing a record ₱7.2 trillion national budget for fiscal year 2027, an increase of six percent over the current year, as the government seeks to counteract an economic slowdown triggered by geopolitical conflict and domestic spending scandals. According to National...
Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan, commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), has received one of France 's highest national distinctions in recognition of his role in strengthening maritime cooperation between the Philippines and France. The PCG said that Gavan received the Ordre national du...
No matter how complex government budget is, it must be made accessible and understandable for every Filipino, President Marcos said. The President made the remark on Friday, June 26, during the launch of the Centralized Open Monitoring Platform for Appropriations and Spending Statistics (COMPASS),...
The Philippines has secured approval for a new grant from the United States (US) aid arm Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC) to support energy-sector reforms, providing a fresh boost to the Marcos Jr. administration’s efforts to strengthen energy security while the country remains under a state of...
The sense of the House of Representatives is clear--the tragic Tacloban City school shooting must be probed, and the government 's pre- and post-interventions dissected. This, after several House members filed on Thursday, June 25 resolutions seeking a House inquiry on the disturbing incident,...
Executive Secretary Ralph Recto has directed government agencies to accelerate the implementation of their 2026 budgets and finalize priority expenditures for next year in line with President Marcos ' push to improve public service delivery. Recto convened key Cabinet officials on June 22 for...
Senator Raffy Tulfo has vowed to fast-track the passage of the long-pending National Land Use Act (NLUA) in the Senate, aiming to finally turn the measure into law. Tulfo is the newly-appointed Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Climate Change. It was...
Authorities arrested 10 individuals and seized approximately P12 million worth of petroleum products, equipment, and transport assets during an operation against an alleged illegal fuel transfer scheme known as “paihi” in Navotas City on Monday, June 22. According to the Philippine National...
Shaken by the deadly Tacloban City school shooting, House Deputy Speaker Quezon 2nd district Rep. David “Jayjay” Suarez called for the swift passage of the proposed Digital Safety of Minors Act. Embodied in House Bill (HB) No. 9825, the measure seeks to seeks to establish robust protections in...
Actress Karla Estrada has issued a strong condemnation of the deadly shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City where four students were killed and several others injured. She described the incident as a painful and urgent wake-up call on the safety of schools. Estrada personally...
To address the growing power demand in Mindanao, state-run National Power Corp. (Napocor) is set to gradually switch on multiple power units of the Agus-Pulangi hydroelectric plants through the end of this month until August. In a statement on Wednesday, June 24, Napocor said its power assets are...
Senator Loren Legarda says the involvement of minor-suspects in the tragic Tacloban City school shooting must not "diminish their accountability" for the incident. "This attack demands that we face a hard and disturbing reality. The suspects are themselves minors," Legarda said in a statement. "By...
