MANILA: The Senate ratified on Wednesday the bicameral conference committee report on the Basic Education Mental Health and Well-Being Promotion Act which aims to enhance learners’ access to mental health services.

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, who aut…

MANILA: Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said Wednesday his office is not ready to concede that there had been no involvement by immigration personnel in the exit of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo out of the country despite a Look-out…

MANILA: The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved on the third and final reading a measure seeking to modernize the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

A total of 183 lawmakers voted in favor of Hous…

MANILA: The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is working to expand further the list of no-placement fee countries for Filipinos who are applying work abroad.

DMW Undersecretary for Policy and International Cooperation Patricia Yvonne Caunan, in an …

MANILA: The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has cited the importance of its consultations and strong cooperation with employers and workers in achieving the Marcos administration’s labor agenda under its “Bagong Pilipinas: Serbisyong Mabilis…

MANILA: The Philippines now has two operating Islamic banking units (IBUs) that aim to enhance financial inclusion across the country.

In a statement Wednesday, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Maybank Philippines, Inc. started its Islamic …

Authorities arrested three individuals and seized approximately P4.4 million worth of smuggled cigarettes during a checkpoint operation in Zamboanga Sibugay province, a senior police official reported Wednesday.

Brig. Gen. Bowenn Joey Masauding, the…

MANILA: Host University of the Philippines will face Ateneo de Manila in men’s basketball when the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 87 kicks off on Saturday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.

The Fighting Ma…