THE National Irrigation Authority (NIA) said it has prepared a list of 50 projects that may be opened up to public-private partnerships (PPPs), including hydropower and floating solar power facilities. 

ALL EYES are on incoming President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. and his commitment to human rights after a request by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to resume the investigation into alleged crimes against humanity by his predecessor in the Philippine government’s war on drugs, political analysts said at the weekend.

PRESIDENT-ELECT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has chosen a military spokesman as the head of the Presidential Security Group (PSG), according to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Public Affairs Office.

THE SUSPENSION of drilling activities in the Reed Bank, locally known as Recto Bank, should be lifted now that negotiations for a supposed joint exploration between Manila and Beijing has been terminated, a lawmaker said on Sunday. 

President-elect Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s Cabinet is still incomplete, with mere days remaining until his official inauguration. As of this writing, notable vacancies include Health and Energy, while Marcos has himself taken up the challenge of being Agriculture Secretary.

If I have any advice to the incoming administration, it’s this: let capitalism help save the Philippines.

In four days, Ferdinand Marcos Junior will become the 17th president of the republic.

LONDON — Monkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) ruled on Saturday, although WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was deeply concerned about the outbreak.

KIGALI — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday he aims to remain in power until the middle of the next decade, despite calls for him to quit, which would make him the country’s longest continuously serving leader in 200 years.

KYIV/POKROVSK — Ukraine special forces remained in Sievierodonetsk directing artillery fire against Russian-backed troops, said an adviser to Ukraine’s president, after the city fell in a major setback for Kyiv as it struggles to keep control of the country’s east.

THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday raised its key interest rate for a second straight meeting to cool inflation, which is now seen to quicken to 5% this year.

THE NATIONAL Government’s (NG) budget deficit narrowed in May as revenues grew by double digits and spending contracted during the height of the election period, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) reported on Thursday.