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...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is clamping down on power generation companies, with more than a hundred firms facing potential regulatory penalties for failing to justify prolonged plant shutdowns and reduced operating capacities. In a briefing on Monday, July 6, Gabriel B. Corpuz, legal officer...
The Sandiganbayan Third Division on Monday, July 6, issued warrants of arrest and hold departure orders (HDOs) against Senator Rodante Marcoleta and three others after finding probable cause in the plunder case filed against them by the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) During a press briefing, Third...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) has relieved a police officer caught in a viral video allegedly mishandling a June 30 confrontation between a motorcycle rider and Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) rally participants along EDSA near the People Power Monument. QCPD director Police Brig. Gen. Randy...
Two individuals previously linked to separate incidents during the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) rally near the EDSA People Power Monument in Quezon City have been temporarily released while authorities continue to verify their alleged involvement. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said the cases...
Amid tightening power supply, depleted grid capacities, and the country’s continuing state of national energy emergency, the Department of Energy (DOE) is set to issue show-cause orders to 164 on-grid generation companies (GenCos) for failing to meet operational standards. Energy Secretary Sharon...
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...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has issued a show cause order (SCO) to the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) following the drowning of student-athletes Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili during a school-sanctioned team-building activity in Dipaculao, Aurora earlier this month. In a...
