Philippine News

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signs the national budget for 2024 in a ceremony, December 20, 2023. (Screengrab from RTVM)  MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed the P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024, a spending plan 9.5% higher than last year with significant bumps in allocations for defense and …

President Marcos expressed hopes that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) maintain a strong relationship with their families while they are away from them, telling them that the government would help them in doing so. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. interacts with overseas Filipino workers during the OFW Family Day held in …

Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Tuesday hailed the success of President Marcos’ Tokyo trips which, in conjunction with his state visit last February, has generated a total of over P771 billion in investment pledges expected to create thousands of jobs for Filipinos.  On Monday President Marcos reported the signing …

Senator Francis Tolentino yesterday confirmed he would resign as Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairperson in January.  Tolentino said he will also quit from the Senate panel of the Commission on Appointments, also next year when the session resumes after the holidays. He said he was willing to keep these posts …

China said it is open for dialogue with the Philippines to settle maritime disputes after President Marcos noted that Manila’s diplomatic relations with Beijing appeared to be  heading  toward a “poor direction.” Photo courtesy of China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin  Wang Wenbin, spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, said China …

The government has promised to take on the role of a “partner, pathfinder, and peacemaker” should it succeed in its bid for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).  Philippine Ambassador and Permanent Representative Evangelina Lourdes Bernas made this pitch before a select group of countries during …

MANILA – China denied funding any destabilization effort in the Philippines amid speculations that the “trolls” attacking government officials over their stance on the West Philippine Sea might be on Beijing’s payroll. Senator JV Ejercito earlier decried a pattern of social media attacks on him and other lawmakers and officials for …

NEW OFFICERS. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. swears in the four new directors of the Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC) in a ceremony at the Malacañan Palace in Manila on Wednesday (Dec. 20, 2023). Those who took their oath were Vicky Castillo Tan, Andrew Jerome Gan, German Lichauco II, and Roman Felipe …

This Dec. 20, 2023 photo show groups filing a petition against the PUV consolidation before the Supreme Court./PTV MANILA, Philippines — Transport groups on Wednesday filed a petition for certiorari before the Supreme Court (SC), seeking to suspend the deadline of the Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) consolidation which is scheduled …

This March 22, 2021 aerial photo shows Chinese vessels still present in the Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea, well within the Philippine exclusive economic zone and continental shelf. (Armed Forces of the Philippines)  MANILA, Philippines — After another fresh wave of accusations that the Philippines has been …