THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE on Monday said suspending the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) fare hike on April 2 would violate the government’s contract with private operator Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC ...

ANTI-ADMINISTRATION sentiment in the Philippines rose sharply in the first quarter of 2025 with more voters expressing dissatisfaction with the governance of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. and the ...

PHILIPPINE SENATORS on Monday urged the government to strengthen efforts to locate and provide aid to Filipinos in Myanmar and Thailand after last week’s deadly earthquake.

THREE CAUSE-ORIENTED organizations on Monday filed a petition before the Supreme Court (SC) questioning the constitutionality of the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA), citing the misallocation of ...

PHILIPPINE and US marines on Monday started two weeks of joint military exercises in southern Philippines, with drills focused on amphibious assault missions and special operations, the Philippine ...

POWER DISTRIBUTOR Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said on Monday that it has ramped up maintenance activities and laid down contingency measures for the dry season and the upcoming midterm elections.

PHILIPPINE Indigenous Peoples (IPs) posted a poverty incidence of 32.4%, the highest out of 11 basic sectors in 2023, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Monday. This was followed by ...

THE PESO strengthened to an over three-week high against the dollar on Monday as key US data released on Friday stoked renewed recession fears in the world’s largest economy. The local unit closed at ...

PHILIPPINE STOCKS rose on Monday on last-minute bargain hunting and expectations that headline inflation eased in March. The main Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose by 0.54% or 33.28 points ...

FORMER Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s pending crimes against humanity charge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is still valid even if not all alleged cases of vigilante killings ...

A COALITION of women’s organizations on Monday urged candidates for this year’s midterm elections to take up their legislative agenda, which they see as vital in addressing barriers to achieving women ...

THE Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said it is expecting to complete at least four port projects valued at a combined P1.56 billion within this year. In a statement on Monday, the port regulator said ...