Philippine News

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its Philippine growth forecast to 6.2 percent for 2024 from its previous estimate of six percent announced last January, citing carryover strength from the last quarter of 2023. The IMF also expects the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 6.2 percent …

In what was seen as a subtle dig at his predecessor’s bloody war on drugs, President Marcos inspects P13.3 billion worth of shabu, which he said was the largest drug haul in years that was conducted without anybody being killed, in Alitagtag, Batangas yesterday. Looking on is Interior and Local …

Camiguin Rep. Jurdin Jesus Romualdo on Wednesday lauded the decision of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla to investigate former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez for his “seditious statement” in calling on the military to withdraw support from the Marcos administration. Alvarez claimed his call is part of his freedom of speech, which …

ARRESTED. Ousted Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. is arrested at a golf driving range in Timor-Leste on March 21, 2024. The Department of Justice on Wednesday (April 17) urged Teves to return home and face the charges against him instead of fighting deportation and issuing misleading allegations. (Screengrab from …

Sen. Cynthia Villar joins officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in sending off fishermen during the launching of BFAR’s ‘Layag’ West Philippine Sea project in Subic, Zambales yesterday./Jesse Bustos SUBIC, Zambales, Philippines — The country’s military vessels should not accompany fisherfolk in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) …

The Supreme Court (SC) has required the Senate to comment on the petition filed by Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Apollo C. Quiboloy who challenged the arrest order issued against him. SC Spokesperson Atty. Camille Sue Mae L. Ting said the High Court would deliberate on Quiboloy’s plea for …

President Marcos rejected the comparisons between his anti-wang-wang (sirens) policy and that of the late former president Benigno Aquino III, who enforced the same order during his term. (Photo: Shutterstock) He clarified during a media interview in Washington, D.C., where he attended the trilateral summit with the United States and …

Personnel of the military, police, and other law enforcement agencies have been deputized to ensure a peaceful and orderly plebiscite last April 13 on the creation of new towns that now form part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Yummie Dingding/PPA Pool/BARMM) …

CHINA called on the United States, Japan and the Philippines to abandon outdated political strategies, refrain from meddling in its domestic matters, and cease actions that could disrupt regional peace and stability, asserting its unwavering commitment to protecting its territorial integrity and maritime entitlements. In a statement released by the …

President Marcos, United States President Joe Biden, and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called out North Korea and Russia for the security threats posed by the use of nuclear weapons in the Indo-Pacific and European regions, whose peace and stability they reaffirmed during the historic trilateral summit in Washington D.C. …