PhilHealth aims to cut out-of-pocket health expenses to 25% by 2028
THE PHILIPPINE Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) plans to slash Filipinos’ out‑of‑pocket medical expenses up to 25% by 2028, PhilHealth said, noting the need to...
DoF warns tax cheats, smugglers
NEWLY INSTALLED Finance Secretary Frederick D. Go warned that tax evaders, smugglers and graft offenders will find no room under his term, as corruption...
PCO says no info on internal probe
PRESIDENTIAL Communications Office (pco) on Thursday said it has not received information regarding any internal investigation being conducted into the deepening flood control controversy.
Palace...
House urged to open budget bicam
MINORITY LAWMAKERS on Thursday called on the House of Representatives to open discussions on the 2026 budget bill to the public, as it is...
New Metro Dumaguete Water pumping station increases supply to 3,000 households
METRO DUMAGUETE WATER (MDW) is set to provide additional water supply to 3,000 households in the city with its newly energized pumping station.
In a...
Moro leaders say they trust Marcos still, remain loyal to him
COTABATO CITY — The chief minister of the Bangsamoro region and his five constituent-governors signed on Wednesday, a manifesto affirming their support for the...
Dismissed Bamban Mayor convicted for POGO-linked human trafficking
A Pasig court on Thursday convicted dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Guo Hua Ping, also known as Alice Leal Guo, sentencing her and three others,...
Bersamin says he did not resign, denies hand in budget insertions
THE PHILIPPINES’ former executive secretary refuted the Presidential Palace’s claim that he voluntarily stepped down “out of delicadeza,” denying he had a hand in the alleged P52-billion insertion in this year’s spending plan.
Sandiganbayan raffles first set of flood control charges vs ex-Rep. Co
THE PHILIPPINES’ anti-graft court on Wednesday assigned the first set of corruption charges against a resigned lawmaker at the center of a multibillion-peso flood control scandal that has gripped the Southeast Asian nation.
Comelec reviewing Marcoleta’s SOCE, Escudero case recommendations
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has intensified its scrutiny of campaign-finance compliance simultaneously pursuing investigations into two sitting senators over alleged Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) violations and initiating a broad crackdown on government contractors.
Senate to block bicam insertions
SENATE Finance Committee Chairman Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian said that he is seeking to block out the insertion of “alien” projects during the bicameral...
No grounds for Marcos impeachment
A CONGRESSMAN said on Wednesday there was “no compelling reason” to file an impeachment complaint against President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., arguing that allegations...