The Philippines may soon impose safeguard measures to control the entry of imported rice after the Department of Agriculture (DA) found that the surge in shipments of the household staple is directly harming farmers and the local rice sector. Under Department Order (DO) No. 18 dated June 24, the DA...
Investment czar and Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Frederick D. Go is advancing the development of what is expected to become the Philippines’ and Southeast Asia’s first offshore wind farm, reinforcing the Marcos administration’s push to attract large-scale renewable energy (RE)...
Following a series of violent incidents involving learners on school campuses, the Department of Education (DepEd) has launched a comprehensive School Safety Campaign to strengthen learner protection and campus security measures nationwide. In a statement, DepEd said the campaign brings together...
Inside the glass-and-steel expanse of the Pan Pacific Orchard in Singapore, a crowd of foreign diplomats and institutional investors recently hovered around an unusual culinary curiosity: crispy water spinach chips. Locally known as kangkong, the modest river vegetable had been transformed into a...
Seeking to boost domestic tourism, the Department of Tourism (DOT) on Friday, June 26, launched the “Discover More to Love” campaign, offering travel discounts through partner airlines, hotels, and other accredited tourism establishments nationwide. DOT Secretary Dita Angara-Mathay said the...
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...
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has adjusted upward its rice import forecast for the Philippines to 5.20 million metric tons (MT) in the upcoming marketing year (MY), as it expects the country to post lower rice output than initially projected. In its Grain and Feeds report dated...
The bidding process to privatize Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) is expected to begin as early as the third quarter of the year as the Department of Transportation (DOTr) moves to expand the railway’s daily passenger volume closer to its design capacity of 570,000. Based on the latest project...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has backed the Philippine government’s updated roadmap to overhaul how public funds are planned, spent, and monitored, saying stronger public financial management (PFM) systems are key to improving public services, strengthening resilience, as well as guarding...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro reaffirmed that the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) remains the primary agency responsible for implementing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. 's foreign policy, stressing that the Philippines must "speak with one voice" in its engagement with...
Government agencies reported a dip in spending efficiency as of May, with the utilization of cash allocations slowing compared to the same period last year and leaving ₱260.8 billion in unused cash authority. Data from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) showed that the overall...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) secured clearance from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to file 44 criminal tax evasion cases against three former public works officials over an alleged ₱1.68 billion in unpaid liabilities. In a statement, the BIR reported that the DOJ found probable cause to...
