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BUDGET HEARING STARTS. Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez delivers his opening remarks during the Development Budget Coordinating Committee meeting at the House of Representatives on Thursday, joined by (from left) Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio Gonzales Jr., Senior Deputy Majority Leader Sandro Marcos, House Majority Leader Manuel Jose “Mannix” Dalipe, and …

Former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Presidential Photo/Manila Bulletin)  Former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is the leading potential senatorial candidate for the 2025 elections, based on the results of a survey released by big data research firm Tangere on Friday, Aug. 11. Duterte received 61 percent voter support in a mobile-based …

The prime minister was not wholly wrong, per se, when he said housing was not something the federal government has “direct carriage of.” But no elected leader has ever improved their situation by attempting to specify limits on their own responsibility for a significant problem. The Liberals can’t afford to …

Potential court challenges to the Doug Ford government’s Greenbelt policies are up in the air until either the government or developers move to start construction. That’s why advocates say it’s up to residents and other levels of government to get involved while other authority figures probe the government’s decision further. …

Maui residents who made desperate escapes from oncoming flames, some on foot, asked why Hawaii’s famous emergency warning system didn’t alert them as fires raced toward their homes.  Many survivors say they didn’t hear any emergency sirens. Wildfire ravages historic Maui beach town, leaves it in ruins Active fires and …

A self-proclaimed white supremacist was arrested Thursday on charges that he made online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the trial of a man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue, the U.S. Justice Department said. A self-proclaimed white supremacist was arrested Thursday on charges that he made …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Inflation in the United States likely rose in July for the first time in 12 months, driven higher by more expensive gasoline and suggesting that the fight against rising prices may prove bumpier in the months ahead. The inflation report the government will issue on Thursday is expected …

China maintained its belligerent stance Wednesday, saying US efforts to boost Philippine military capabilities and rally support from other countries for Manila’s claim over the West Philippine Sea “will lead nowhere.” The embassy’s warning came as China continued to assert its rights—invalidated by a UN tribunal—over the West Philippine Sea, …

At a Glance President Marcos says energy security is high on his administration’s economic agenda. Marcos says the Philippines is interested in sustainable land, water, and ocean solutions that align with our climate goals. Marcos says he is looking into the potential of nuclear energy, especially in light of new …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said the government is concerned about the country’s debt even though the country is doing better than its neighbors. The Philippines’ debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio is “not ideal,” Marcos told members of the US-ASEAN Business Council who visited the Palace. “We worry about …