DBM to cooperate with Ombudsman

THE DEPARTMENT of Budget and Management (DBM) said it will cooperate with the Office of the Ombudsman over the alleged procurement of overpriced laptops,...

NHA, DoST to use Misamis land

THE National Housing Authority (NHA) has inked a 25-year with the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DoST-PTRI) to use an eight-hectare...

P2.5-M drugs seized in Lanao del Norte

COTABATO CITY — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-10 (PDEA-10) seized P2.5 million worth of crystal meth (shabu) from two traffickers entrapped in Barangay Maranding...

Persistent hunger affects 3 in 10 Filipino households — DOST-FNRI

Three in ten Filipino households still experience moderate to severe involuntary hunger, while cases of underweight and wasting among school-age children have slightly increased,...

Philippines’ president to discuss tariffs in Trump meeting this month, top diplomat says

KUALA LUMPUR - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington this month, Manila's top diplomat said on Friday,...

Proposal reviving ‘Cha-cha’ talks in the works, congressman says

A PROPOSAL seeking to amend the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution is being crafted at the House of Representatives, a congressman said on Thursday, which could revive yet again a contentious effort in changing the 38-year-old charter.

DMW continues search for 17 missing Filipinos after Houthi attack

THE DEPARTMENT of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Thursday said that it is continuing search operations for the 17 Filipino seafarers, who went missing following...

Palace names new Energy, Communications chiefs

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., appointed former lawmaker Sharon S. Garin as his energy chief and veteran journalist Dave Gomez as his new communications secretary, the Palace confirmed on Thursday.

Senator seeks stricter regulation of deepfakes

A PHILIPPINE Senator on Thursday pushed for stricter regulation of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated or deepfake videos, which are being used for fraudulent money-making schemes on social media.

1M voter registrants expected

THE COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday said it is expecting around a million registrants for the upcoming village and youth council polls as...

DoTr launches online license renewal

THE DEPARTMENT of Transportation (DoTr) is further shifting to digital by integrating the driver’s license renewal system into the eGov app of the Department...

FDA sets up office in BARMM

COTABATO CITY — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Bangsamoro Health Ministry forged a memorandum of agreement (MoA) to set up an...