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Credit to Author: Brix Lelis| Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

Motorists should expect another mixed adjustment at the pumps next week, with gasoline seen increasing for the third straight week.

Credit to Author: Helen Flores| Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

To bolster public awareness on the Philippines’ maritime entitlement, President Marcos asked Filipinos on Friday to draw inspiration from the Murillo Velarde 1734 Map, widely regarded as the “Mother of All Philippine Maps.” 

Credit to Author: Cristina Chi| Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 11:40:00 +0800

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed into law on Friday, December 6, a measure that temporarily pauses student loan payments during calamities and disasters to provide relief to affected students and their families.

Credit to Author: Roel Pareño| Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

American vlogger Elliot Onil Eastman was killed shortly after being kidnapped in Sibuco town, Zamboanga del Norte last October, police confirmed yesterday.

Credit to Author: Jose Rodel Clapano| Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

It was nothing but a Christmas fellowship gathering where no gifts or favors of any kind were exchanged, leaders of the House of Representatives said yesterday, belying speculations that they had discussed over dinner with President Marcos the impeachment moves against Vice President Sara Duterte.

Credit to Author: Marc Jayson Cayabyab| Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

The government has lost P88.2 billion in taxes due to the surge of unscrupulous people using fake disability cards to take advantage of the discount and abuse the privilege, a Senate investigation showed.

Credit to Author: Elizabeth Marcelo| Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

There is no end in sight to the perennial flooding problem in Metro Manila, especially during the rainy season, as infrastructure projects continue to languish in delays and other implementation inefficiencies, the latest report from the Commission on Audit showed.

Credit to Author: Bella Cariaso| Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

The demand for lechon and ham has increased amid preparations for the holidays, according to the Department of Agriculture.

Credit to Author: Jean Mangaluz| Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 15:28:00 +0800

The Philippines’ headline inflation increased to 2.5% in November 2024, up from 2.3% in October 2024, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday, December 5.

Credit to Author: Cristina Chi| Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 12:58:00 +0800

Half a million persons with disabilities (PWDs) could not avail of their health benefits and other privileges last year due to technical issues in the government’s digital registry system, according to the Commission on Audit’s annual report on the National Council on Disability Affairs released Monday, December 1.