Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan will seek more funding for the socioeconomic planning body for 2026 after it is made into a department. “For now, the 2026 is still going to be framed by the Department ...

THE National Food Authority (NFA) said it built up reserves equivalent to nine days’ consumption — 7.17 million 50-kilogram bags of milled rice, the highest inventory level since the end of 2020. The ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday that it will invite more hog farms to participate in a direct-sourcing scheme piloted by Food Terminal, Inc. (FTI), which supplies retailers with ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has signed a law declaring a special non-working holiday in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro every March 21 to commemorate its founding day. “March 21 of every year is ...

LUGGAGE maker PLG Prime Global Co., a US-Taiwan company, is considering setting up a manufacturing facility in the Philippines, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said. In a statement on ...

THE Chinese government on Monday said ongoing joint military drills between Philippine and US forces threaten regional stability, opposing the use the “Taiwan question” to justify military ...

THE Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) has called on the government and private contractors to expedite the completion of crucial infrastructure projects to help address the country’s ...

A PHILIPPINE senator has filed a bill that seeks to create a multi-agency body that would secure and oversee the sustainable development of the Philippine Rise for energy and tourism projects. “This ...

A full run of the Technical Education Skills Development Authority’s (TESDA) Community Based Training (CBT) program in masonry is on the pipeline for Pangasinenses. This comes as the Pangasinan ...

THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has sounded the alarm over a surge in online sexual exploitation of Filipino children, with cases climbing by six-fold to 2.7 million in 2023 from 426,000 in 2019.

PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., has signed into law a measure that allows the proper and timely burial of dead Muslims according to their traditions. Republic Act 12160, “An Act ...

THE PESO weakened anew on Tuesday, joining the Chinese yuan and other Asian currencies that weakened against the dollar. The local unit closed at P56.68 per dollar on Tuesday, dropping by seven ...