How safe is Guimaras? Police Brig. Gen. Randulf T. Tuaño, director of the Police Regional Office 6, counted the ways using the recent focus crimes statistics across the province. Tuaño said it is safe to stay and travel in the Guimaras Island because for 15 consecutive days from August 1, there...
President Marcos has ordered the inclusion of contract-of-service (COS) and job-order (JO) workers in the government’s social protection coverage. Marcos issued Administrative Order No. 43, facilitating the voluntary deduction and remittance of Social Security System (SSS), Philippine Health...
Metro Manila’s office market lost momentum in the second quarter as the prolonged war in the Middle East prompted companies to postpone expansion plans and delay leasing decisions, prompting property consultancy Colliers Philippines to lower its full-year net take-up forecast despite...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri led senators from both the majority and minority in urging the immediate lifting of the temporary restraining order (TRO) on the P85 Metro Manila minimum wage increase through Senate Resolution No. 577. Senate Resolution No. 577, which was signed by...
President Marcos has honored the outgoing ambassadors of Hungary and the Netherlands, recognizing their contributions to strengthening their respective countries ' relations with the Philippines during separate farewell calls in Malacañang on July 29. The President conferred the Order of...
President Marcos has issued Executive Order (EO) No. 121 establishing the Electric Vehicle Incentive Strategy (EVIS) Program, a new incentive scheme designed to encourage electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers to invest and produce vehicles and components in the Philippines. Presidential...
The lifting of the seven-year moratorium on new Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)-accredited information technology (IT) parks and IT centers in Metro Manila is expected to ease the shortage of PEZA-compliant office space in the capital region as well as attract more technology and business...
Quezon City has established a multi-sectoral body to coordinate and strengthen the implementation of programs under its three United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designations. Mayor Joy Belmonte signed Executive Order No. 22, Series of 2026, creating the...
The Sandiganbayan Third Division has ordered the arrest of Uswag Ilonggo Party-list Rep. James “Jojo” Ang Jr. and issued a Hold Departure Order (HDO) after finding probable cause to try him for alleged graft. “After a careful review of the resolution and its supporting documents, as well as...
The Quezon City government has declared a citywide suspension of classes at all levels in public and private schools on Monday, July 27, as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is set to deliver his State of the Nation Address (SONA). Under Executive Order No. 23, series of 2026, signed by Mayor Ma....
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed Executive Order No. 119, retiring a 1964 policy on government data classification and replacing it with a modern, risk-based framework built for cloud computing and artificial intelligence. The new order supersedes Memorandum Circular No. 78, a decades-old...
Businessman Aristotle Baluyot Viray, one of the co-accused of Senator Rodante Marcoleta in the plunder case over the alleged P75 million in undeclared donations, appeared before the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Tuesday, July 7, to return the warrant of arrest issued against him. Viray became...
