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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. returned home Monday night from participating in the 50th Association (ASEAN)-Japan Friendship and Cooperation Commemorative Summit in Tokyo, describing the regional bloc’s ties with Japan as robust and enduring. In a video message filmed before he left Tokyo for Manila, Mr. …

At a Glance House Speaker Martin Romualdez, says nearly P500 billion worth of funds have been set aside for 48 million poor Filipinos under the P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024. The 2024 spending plan will be signed by President Marcos on Wednesday. (MANILA BULLETIN) The soon-to-be-enacted P5.768-trillion national budget for …

Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attends a session of the ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit Meeting at the Hotel Okura Tokyo in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2023. (Kazuhiro Nogi / Pool / AFP)  MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. emphasized the need for a “paradigm shift” in tackling China’s increasingly aggressive …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. But Marcos admits he’s upset with Huang as tensions in West Philippine Sea escalate President Marcos said Monday it would be “pointless” to have Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian expelled even as he said he was personally “upset” with the envoy’s remarks on the issue of Beijing’s …

  DRY SPELL. The head of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) Visayas Station in Mactan Island said the El Niño phenomenon will last until the second quarter of 2024 based on the latest climate forecast. This as forecast for the dry spell’s impact has been changed …

A resident evacuates a pig amid flooding from heavy rains brought by cyclone Kabayan in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur provice on December 18, 2023. (AFP / Erwin Mascarinas)  MANILA, Philippines — Over 82,000 people were displaced after cyclone Kabayan struck Mindanao, causing heavy rain and triggering flooding, the National Disaster …

Passengers crowd the counters as they troop early to the NAIA Terminal 3 in Pasay City on April 2, 2023 to avoid the influx of passengers heading to their respective provinces for the holy week break. (STAR / Miguel de Guzman)  MANILA, Philippines — The Civil Aviation Authority of the …

Photo from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Official FB Page Marcos says maritime tensions ‘most complex’ global challenge President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday stressed the need to find “new solutions” and forge strong alliances with like-minded allies as he described the situation in the South China Sea as “the most …

A woman sells balloons as people attend a pre-dawn mass ahead of Christmas at a church in Las Pinas, metro Manila on December 16, 2023 (AFP / Jam Sta. Rosa)  MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health reported Monday a continued rise in COVID-19 cases as the holiday season neared, …

TOKYO, Japan—The Philippines and Japan agreed to reach an “early conclusion” of the negotiations of the proposed defense agreement between the two countries. President Marcos and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (Photo courtesy of PPA Pool/Yummie Dingding)  During the 25-minute bilateral meeting, President Marcos and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida …