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Credit to Author: Neil Jayson Servallos| Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

The Department of Education is planning to build over 100,000 classrooms with private sector help in a bid to thin out the classroom backlog of 165,000.

Credit to Author: Helen Flores| Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

President Marcos ordered concerned government agencies on Wednesday to ensure stakeholders’ strict compliance with the implementing rules and regulations of the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers and ensure that Filipino seafarers get the maximum benefits of the law.

Credit to Author: Christine Boton| Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Heavy to intense rains are forecast today in the Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas due to the effects of the shear line, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.

Credit to Author: Evelyn Macairan| Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

The Bureau of Immigration is set to conduct an investigation into reports that self-confessed Davao Death Squad hitman Edgar Matobato left the country during the second quarter of 2024.

Credit to Author: Dominique Nicole Flores| Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 16:33:00 +0800

The Department of Health reported a decline in influenza-like illness cases in 2024, reassuring the public that the numbers remain low despite rising concerns about respiratory infections in other countries, particularly China.

Credit to Author: Jean Mangaluz| Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 11:03:00 +0800

The Philippine Statistics Authority on Wednesday, January 8, said there are 1.66 million Filipinos who were unemployed in November 2024. 

Credit to Author: Janvic Mateo| Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Self-confessed Davao death squad hitman Edgar Matobato is now under the protective custody of the International Criminal Court, former senator Leila de Lima said yesterday.

Credit to Author: Alexis Romero| Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Cyberattacks have not compromised current data, the Department of Information and Communications Technology said yesterday, amid reports that China-based hackers have infiltrated the Philippines’ executive department and stolen sensitive information.

Credit to Author: Helen Flores| Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Instead of postponing the increase in members’ contributions this year, the Social Security System yesterday pushed for a program that subsidizes the contribution of informal economy workers and individually paying SSS members.

Credit to Author: Mark Ernest Villeza| Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

The Philippine tourism industry achieved its highest-ever revenue in 2024, with the Department of Tourism reporting approximately P760.5 billion in earnings, marking a 9.04 percent increase from 2023.