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Additional Black Hawks highlight PAF upgrade in 2025

Manila, Dec. 29 -- The Philippine Air Force (PAF) spent 2025 quietly building up its capabilities to protect the country's vast aerial domains, as well as its capacity to conduct disaster relief missi... Read More


House ratifies 2026 budget bill

Manila, Dec. 29 -- The House of Representatives on Monday ratified via viva voce vote the report of the bicameral conference committee on House Bill (HB) 4058, or the 2026 General Appropriations Bill ... Read More


NTF-ELCAC defends 'Talaingod 13' conviction against leftist attacks

Manila, Dec. 29 -- The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday defended Indigenous Peoples (IP) leaders in Talaingod, Davao del Norte amid criticisms in connect... Read More


HPG colonel faces raps for mauling cop over parking row

Manila, Dec. 29 -- The former chief of the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group's (PNP-HPG) Investigation Management Division is facing criminal and administrative complaints for allegedly ... Read More


PNP Forensic Group: Cabral slid to death, not pushed

Manila, Dec. 29 -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral's death was likely caused by injuries ... Read More


DOLE issues Rizal Day pay guidelines

Manila, Dec. 29 -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has reminded private sector employers on the proper pay rules for December 30, Rizal Day, a regular holiday. Under Labor Advisory No. ... Read More


DOJ vows stronger safeguards after payroll officer nabbed for fraud

Manila, Dec. 29 -- The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday said it would implement more stringent internal financial safeguard mechanisms after an entrapment operation uncovered a scheme by one of i... Read More


Asst. Ombudsman: Cabral files not conclusive, need careful study

Manila, Dec. 29 -- The Office of the Ombudsman on Monday said it acknowledged the public interest in the so-called computer files of the late Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) undersecret... Read More


DOH: Holiday road accidents now 414

Manila, Dec. 29 -- The number of road accidents recorded during the holiday season has climbed to 414 as of 5 a.m. on Monday, based on reports gathered by the Department of Health (DOH) from 10 sentin... Read More


DHSUD, DTI-BOI eye tax-exempt status for economic housing

Manila, Dec. 29 -- The government is looking into the possible classification of economic housing as corporate income tax-exempt mass housing under Batas Pambansa Bilang 220. The review is being cond... Read More