CEBU CITY – The reelection bid of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes was dealt another major blow after the Commission on Elections junked his appeal to reverse a previous order cancelling his Certificate of Candidacy in next year's elections. The Comelec en banc affirmed the Second...
Amid the challenges of the past year, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that 90 percent of Filipinos remain optimistic about the coming year — a figure that, while still high, represented the lowest level of New Year hopefulness recorded in 15 years. A vendor along Tabora Street in...
Business leaders are urging a more transparent and accountable process in finalizing the 2025 national budget amid concerns over budgetary adjustments and a lack of clear justification for certain allocations. "We are alarmed by some of the adjustments made by the bicameral committee to the 2025...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Friday, December 27 expressed pride on the way the Upper Chamber has become of the most productive in history with a total of 72 bills already signed into law, halfway through the Third Regular Session of the 19 th Congress. “We maximized...
President Marcos and his Cabinet are "thoroughly reviewing" the items of the 2025 national budget to ensure that they conform to the Constitution, Malacañang said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the review of the proposed 2025 national budget at the Bahay Pangulo on Dec. 23,...
Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday, December 24 urged the Marcos administration to slash the Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) budget by P188 billion to make the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA) aligned with the Constitution. Marcos believes the administration needs to...
President Marcos is set to sign the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 national budget on Dec. 30, Malacañang confirmed. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (right) pores over some figures as he discusses the P6.352-trillion 2025 national budget with (clockwise from left) Department of Public Works and...
President Marcos hopes to sign the proposed national budget for 2025 before the year ends, a Malacañang official said. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of PCO) "The printed copy of the spending measure was only received late Friday afternoon. President Marcos Jr. hopes to act on...
While critical sectors face budget cuts, economists expressed concerns over the Marcos administration’s budget priorities, citing inflated discretionary allocations in the 2025 budgets for the House of Representatives and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). The Philippine...
Nasser Amil, the brother of Vidzfar Amil, Commission on Elections-Sulu Provincial Election Supervisor, died Saturday afternoon, Dec. 21, after sustaining a bullet wound in the head in an ambush in Zamboanga City. Vidzfar, who was also in the vehicle and believed to be the target of the suspects,...
(File photo) Retired uniformed personnel and concerned stakeholders wrote to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to convey their “serious concerns” regarding the “questionable deviations” of the approved General Appropriations Bill (GAB) 2025 from the National Expenditure Program...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The provincial election supervisor of the Commission on Elections in Sulu province escaped death and his brother was wounded in an ambush here on Saturday, Dec. 21. A COMMISSION on Elections official in Sulu cheated death in an ambush in Zamboanga City on Dec. 21. Photo...
