THE SPOKESMAN of President Rodrigo R. Duterte yesterday said the anti-profanity ordinance recently passed by the Baguio City government is unlikely to stand constitutional scrutiny and is at odds with free speech.

THE DEPARTMENT of Justice (DoJ) has been ordered by the Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 148 to file its comment on the motion for partial reconsideration filed by Sen. Antonio F. Trillanes IV on his mutiny case.

SEVERAL international and domestic flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) next week have been cancelled by airlines upon the request of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to give way to an air navigational system transition.

OFFICIALS of provinces and cities named among the top 10 richest in the country in terms of assets have cheered their respective rankings, but at the same time acknowledged that the challenge remains on how to make wealth and government services more inclusive.

THE Department of Energy (DoE) said on Thursday that it had partnered with the European Union (EU) to provide electricity to around 100,000 households in off-grid communities, including those in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

MICRO, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from the MIMAROPA Region raked in P70 million in sales from the five-day 2018 Naturally Agri-trade and Tourism Fair last Oct. 17-21, surpassing its P50 million target.

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SENATOR Gregorio B. Honasan II may be nominated next week, when the Senate resumes sessions, as the new head of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III said on Wednesday.

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte would have declared a total ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) if its government pushed through with the execution of Jennifer Dalquez.

MINORITY SENATORS sought an “immediate” Senate investigation into the Oct. 20 massacre of nine sugarcane farmers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental and urged the government to look into the implementation of the agrarian reform program.

FORMER Datu Unsay mayor Datu Andal “Unsay” Ampatuan Jr. has submitted his formal offer of evidence to the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 221 in connection with his case stemming from the 2009 Ampatuan Massacre.

THE Commission on Audit (CoA) has suspended special or fraud audits against 2019 poll candidates in its bid to keep its political neutrality during the election period.