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Credit to Author: Rhodina Villanueva| Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0800

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will soon require candidates to include talent fees of influencers and celebrities in their campaign expenditures in the May midterm elections.

Credit to Author: Helen Flores| Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Malacañang is studying a proposed measure seeking a P200 across-the-board daily wage hike for private sector employees to ensure it will not be inflationary and hurt small businesses, President Marcos said yesterday.

Credit to Author: Bella Cariaso| Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0800

A food security emergency can be declared on Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said after he formally received the approved resolution of the National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC).

Credit to Author: Ian Laqui| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 12:04:00 +0800

President Bongbong Marcos called the petition baseless and difficult to justify. The petition, filed at the Supreme Court earlier this week, seeks to declare the national budget “illegal and criminal.”

Credit to Author: Cristina Chi| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0800

The Philippine Coast Guard has reported that its flagship vessel BRP Teresa Magbanua pushed back a Chinese Coast Guard vessel further away from the Zambales coastline on Thursday, January 30.

Credit to Author: Janvic Mateo| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Overall satisfaction with the Marcos administration remained high in the fourth quarter of last year despite poor public assessment on how it handled the rising cost of basic commodities, a survey by the Social Weather Stations showed.

Credit to Author: Louella Desiderio| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

he proposed measure for a P200 across-the-board increase in the daily minimum wage of private sector workers is counterproductive and could have unwanted consequences on the economy, according to the country’s umbrella group of employers.

Credit to Author: Alexis Romero| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

President Marcos wants to meet with US President Donald Trump to discuss a number of issues, including Washington’s freezing of foreign aid and its intensified crackdown on illegal immigrants.

Credit to Author: Ghio Ong| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Visibly irked by China’s remark that the Philippines should pull out the US Typhon missile launchers, President Marcos yesterday said he would heed the call if Beijing stops claiming Manila’s territory and engaging in aggressive behavior.

Credit to Author: Cristina Chi| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:42:00 +0800

 A ranking official of the Department of Foreign Affairs said while deportations are expected to increase under the Trump administration, all recent deportations of Filipinos from the United States were ordered before President Donald Trump took office.