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Credit to Author: Bella Cariaso| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

The maximum suggested retail price (SRP) of P58 per kilo on imported rice will take effect on Jan. 20, after Executive Order 62 – which allowed a 15 percent tariff on the outsourced staple – failed to bring down the cost of rice.

Credit to Author: Jose Rodel Clapano| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

The Office of the Secretary General of the House of Representatives is ready to transmit the three impeachment complaints filed against Vice President Sara Duterte anytime, House secretary general Reginald Velasco said yesterday.

Credit to Author: Dominique Nicole Flores| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0800

Multiple weather systems are forecast to bring overcast skies and heavy rainfall across Luzon and Visayas on Friday, January 10, heightening the risk of flooding in several areas.

Credit to Author: Ian Laqui| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 09:03:00 +0800

The Sandiganbayan has dismissed graft and falsification charges against former Vice President Jejomar Binay, his son, former Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr. and several others in connection with the Makati Science High School project.

Credit to Author: Mayen Jaymalin| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Despite improvements in the country’s employment situation, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines has called on the government to address the problem of “cyclical unemployment.”

Credit to Author: Brix Lelis| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Power distribution giant Manila Electric Co. has indicated a possible decline in the overall electricity rate this month due to the decrease in generation costs.

Credit to Author: Christine Boton| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

TV host and actor Vic Sotto yesterday filed a lawsuit against director Darryl Yap over the promotional materials for Yap’s upcoming film, “The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma.”

Credit to Author: Evelyn Macairan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a miracle yesterday, straining to reach a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in an annual display of religious fervor.

The Commission on Elections has placed 38 areas under the highest classification for “areas of concern” months before the national and local elections. 

Credit to Author: Cristina Chi| Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 14:24:00 +0800

The United States Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is currently deployed in the South China Sea as part of its routine operations amid heightened tensions in the region.