THE House of Representatives on Monday elected new heads for the appropriations and Electoral Tribunal committees amid a rumored coup against its Speaker.

SINGLE-USE plastic products are now banned at the Supreme Court (SC) offices in line with the country’s waste management campaign.

A REGIONAL evacuation center in Bacolod City has been completed, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced Monday.

A MAGNITUDE 5.5 earthquake jolted the island of Leyte early Monday morning, with epicenter in Leyte town.

THE DEPARTMENT of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) is cracking down on illegal subdivision developers in Davao City and the Island Garden City of Samal, mostly on land awarded to agrarian reform beneficiaries.

FORMER BUREAU of Immigration (BI) deputy commissioner Marc Red A. Mariñas has denied allegations that he led the bribery scheme that allowed VIP treatment for Chinese nationals entering the Philippines.

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THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is keeping tabs on offshore gaming operators in the country for possible involvement in the illegal drug trade, the agency said.

ANOTHER Filipino has tested positive for the novel coronavirus strain in Singapore, bringing the number of infections involving Filipinos to two, according to its Ministry of Health (MoH).

THE government should boost local economies to cushion the effects of a deadly coronavirus outbreak on industries, a Finance official said.

CONSTRUCTION FOR a new road to Lucap Boulevard, the jump-off point to the Hundred Islands National Park, and the Mangrove Park in Alaminos, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced Friday.

SEVEN KOREAN tourists who are considered persons under monitoring (PUMs) for COVID-19 have been declared “missing” by the provincial interagency task force after they were not found at the hotels they indicated in their health declaration cards upon arrival at the Mactan Cebu International Airport.