The Philippines has once again secured a quota of 145,235 metric tons raw value (MTRV) of raw cane sugar at a lower tariff rate for the upcoming fiscal year (FY), according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). In a statement over the weekend, the USTR announced that the...
The Philippines remains absent from the United States (US) government’s infamous list of countries flagged for issues on safeguarding intellectual property (IP) rights for the 12th straight year. In the 2025 Special 301 Report by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), released...
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has flagged corruption and a flurry of other barriers to trade with the Philippines that the US government seeks to dismantle, in a report released just days before President Donald Trump’s announcement of reciprocal...
The plenary hall of the House of Representatives (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading the measure postponing the first regular elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday, Nov. 6, issued an Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order (ILBO) against seven officials of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) who were ordered to appear during the investigation of the House of Representatives. “The secretary (Justice Secretary...
American filmmakers have expressed alarm over the popularity of video streaming site LokLok in the Philippines and its Southeast Asian neighbors. In a comment submitted this month to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) for its 2024 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and...
Despite the 38 percent reduction in its proposed budget for 2025, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) vowed to continue fulfilling its mandate to protect the rights of all Filipinos "just as how it has always been done." In a statement, the CHR said that under the 2025 National...
The United States Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration (ITA) will lead a delegation of 12-15 American companies and trade associations to the Philippines in November to explore opportunities in digitalization and modern urban infrastructure. Dubbed as the Innovative...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) supports the House of Representatives (HOR) which is now prioritizing measures to allow Filipinos better access to dental health in their localities. House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez has recently expressed his support for such initiatives as he...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Friday, March 15 that the investigation into the perpetrators of the recent cyber attack on the House of Representatives (HOR) website is still ongoing. Photo from Pixabay In a DZBB interview, DICT Undersecretary Jeffrey Dy...
The "Young Guns", from left to right: Zambales 1st district Rep. Jefferson Khonghun, La Union 1st district Rep. Francisco Paolo Ortega, Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, and Isabela 6th district Rep. Faustino "Inno" Dy (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) ...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo facilitated on Thursday, Feb. 1 the surrender of the driver-bodyguard of four Chinese nationals who...
