Philippine News

  Photo from Senate of the Philippines’ Official FB page A House leader yesterday raised concerns over the realignment of some P13-billion allocation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) last year to other social amelioration programs that deprived nearly 900,000 families, or 4.3 million Filipinos, of aid. Deputy Speaker …

Prices of some foods, particularly imported, are starting to increase again in February after posting declines last month as local products become the cheapest option, government data showed. The common staple well-milled rice was pegged at P56.21 per kilogram, coming from the prices of P55.42 and P55.48 last month, the …

CLEAN-UP DRIVE. Students of the Philippine College of Criminology participate in a coastal cleanup at Baseco Beach in Tondo, Manila on Friday (Feb. 23, 2024). They said it’s their way of supporting the Marcos administration’s “Kalinisan sa Bagong Pilipinas (Cleanliness in the New Philippines)” nationwide program. (Photo courtesy of PCCR HSC …

Senado, Kamara ipina-subpoena na si Pastor Quiboloy Facebook photo shows evangelist Apollo Quiboloy waving from his Cessna Citation Sovereign jet, which landed at his compound in Davao City on March 19, 2018. (STAR / File)  MANILA, Philippines —  Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy yesterday accused President Marcos …

PSA warns Agencies that refuse to accept the national ID as sufficient valid proof of identity without just cause are punishable with a fine of P500,000, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. This is based on the Republic Act 11055 or the PhilSys Act, wherein penalties ranging from P50,000 up …

Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra  THE Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to recall the temporary protection order (TPO) granted to two environmentalists who were detained by the military. This developed as a Bulacan trial court issued a warrant of arrest against the two activists, …

Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on January 22, 2024. (STAR / Jesse Bustos)  MANILA, Philippines —  The House of Representatives should let the Senate take the lead on economic Charter change, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said yesterday, as he urged Congress to just “adopt the Senate resolution” as earlier …

n a media conference on Wednesday, Senator Risa Hontiveros issued a statement on the House of Representatives’ issuance of subpoena to Kingdom of Jesus Christ head Apollo Quiboloy./Jesse Bustos  MANILA, Philippines — As Apollo Quiboloy announced he was going into hiding, the United States embassy in Manila expressed confidence yesterday …

The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed with finality its 2021 decision that ordered the estate of the late businessman Herminio T. Disini, founder of the Herdis Group of Companies, to pay the government damages for the $2.3 billion mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) in Morong, Bataan. However, instead of …

Speaker Martin Romualdez  With the 2025 midterm elections drawing near, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez rallied the Filipino youth on Wednesday to actively participate in the democratic process by registering as voters and casting their votes in the coming electoral exercise. Last Feb. 12, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) opened the …