MANILA: Shiela Guo confirmed to senators on Tuesday that she, her sister, dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo, and brother Wesley had fled the country by sea.

“Sumakay po kami ng boat sa dagat (We boarded a boat in the sea),” Shiela told senators during…

MANILA: Senator Loren Legarda is pushing for the passage of a measure seeking to regularize barangay officials as government employees with fixed salaries and comprehensive benefits.

Legarda said Senate Bill No. 2786 or the Regularization of Barangay…

MANILA: The Department of Finance (DOF) is seeking a PHP33.75 billion budget for 2025 which will be used for efficient tax administration and public service, Finance Secretary Ralph Recto said.

‘[O]ur proposed budget every year is always a faithful r…

MANILA: Former Secretaries of the Department of Finance (DOF) said they support the DOF’s move to utilize excess funds of government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs) to finance government projects in health, education, social services, and inf…

MANILA: Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said Tuesday the interpretation of the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the Philippines and the United States in terms of an armed attack must be broadened for it to be res…

Sen. Lt. Gen. Trinh Van Quyet, Chairman of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), visited former General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith, along with some scho…

MANILA: The China Coast Guard (CCG) deployed a force of 40 ships in Escoda Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and blocked two Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels on a resupply mission Monday.

In a statement Tuesday, PCG spokesperson for the WPS …

Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang, Minister of Public Security had separate meetings with Lao Party General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith, Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone on August 27 during the Vietnamese Minister’s worki…