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Credit to Author: Helen Flores| Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

President Marcos has urged Filipinos to welcome the New Year with renewed hope and optimism as they carry the spirit of bayanihan or communal unity in achieving a new Philippines.

Credit to Author: Alexis Romero| Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800

More than 180 public works projects and 15 unprogrammed appropriations were scrapped from the 2025 national budget as President Marcos exercised his power to veto items in the spending law.

Credit to Author: Ian Laqui| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 11:40:00 +0800

A day before the New Year’s Eve celebrations, over 520,000 illegal firecrackers have been confiscated by the authorities, the Philippine National Police said on Tuesday, December 31. 

Credit to Author: Dominique Nicole Flores| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 10:06:00 +0800

Four weather systems will dampen New Year’s Eve celebrations across the Philippines with widespread rains and overcast skies, the state weather bureau PAGASA reported on Tuesday, December 31.

Credit to Author: Alexis Romero| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

The Philippines needs P22 billion to prepare for its hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in 2026, Malacañang said yesterday.

Credit to Author: Juaniyo Arcellana| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

Almost drowned out by all the political noise and dangerous maneuvers in the high seas was the landslide that killed around a hundred people in the small mining town of Maco, Davao de Oro in early February.

Credit to Author: Helen Flores| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

Jimmy Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981, has died, his non-profit foundation said on Sunday.

Credit to Author: Janvic Mateo| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

More than two years after a landslide victory in the 2022 elections, the erstwhile tandem of President Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte will end 2024 with a significant decline in their trust ratings.

Credit to Author: Mayen Jaymalin| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

The Philippine government is extending assistance to a Filipino domestic helper allegedly involved in the murder of her employer’s child.

Credit to Author: Michael Punongbayan| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año yesterday rejected China’s claims that the Philippine Army’s decision to acquire the Typhon mid-range missile system from the United States may trigger an arms race and cause more trouble in the region.