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Comelec chair: PBBM expected to sign bill postponing 2025 BSKE

Manila, July 30 -- Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairperson George Garcia said on Wednesday that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is expected to sign the measure postponing the Dec. 1 Barangay a... Read More


Affordable rice available at NIA offices in Bicol on July 31

Legazpi City, July 30 -- The National Irrigation Administration in Bicol (NIA-5) said Wednesday 3,800 bags of affordable rice will be for sale in its offices within Bicol region on Thursday. NIA-Bico... Read More


DMW files graft case over P1.4-B OWWA land deal

Manila, July 30 -- Criminal charges have been filed by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) against former high-ranking officials of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) over a questi... Read More


Tsunami alert issued in Bicol provinces

Legazpi City, July 30 -- The Bicol Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) has issued an advisory urging provincial disaster risk reduction management councils to discourage coast... Read More


DBM eyes another P1-B fund for more child dev't centers in 2026

Manila, July 30 -- The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is committing another PHP1 billion in 2026 to build more Child Development Centers (CDCs) across the country, as part of the Marcos adm... Read More


Trade gap narrows in June as exports surge

Manila, July 30 -- The country's trade deficit fell by 8.8 percent in June this year as exports recorded double-digit growth, preliminary data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. D... Read More


Convergence budgeting for drainage master plan in NCR eyed: DBM

Manila, July 30 -- The planned convergence budgeting for a drainage master plan in Metro Manila will be discussed with concerned government agencies on Aug. 1, Department of Budget and Management (DBM... Read More


Drug suspect yields shabu, weapons in N. Cotabato

Cotabato City, July 30 -- Operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) arrested a drug peddler who yielded shabu, two fire... Read More


OCD supports PBBM's call for more disaster preparedness

Manila, July 30 -- The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has expressed its full support for President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s call for intensified disaster preparedness in the face of global climate cha... Read More


British fintech giant Revolut to establish hub in PH

Manila, July 30 -- United Kingdom's financial technology firm giant Revolut will enter the Philippine market through the establishment of its second Global Tech Hub in Asia, the Department of Finance ... Read More