MANILA: The House of Representatives has established a multi-committee to address the country”s food security challenges.

In an aide memoire released to the media on Thursday, Albay Rep. Joey Salceda said the newly established quint-committee would f…

MANILA: The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) urged visiting Dutch businesses to invest in ecozones across the country.

In a statement Thursday, PEZA said Acting Group Manager Rowena Naguit addressed the visiting Dutch business delegation at …

MANILA: The House of Representatives will prioritize improving the salaries, benefits, and access to additional resources for the country”s nearly 1 million public school teachers, Speaker Martin Romualdez vowed on Thursday.

Romualdez gave the assura…

Manila: Speaker Martin Romualdez on Thursday supported calls for sufficient funding of the amended Centenarian’s Act, which gives a PHP10,000 cash gift to senior citizens who reach the age milestones of 80, 85, 90, and 95.

“I welcome the recent appro…

MANILA: Typhoon Julian has made landfall over Southern Taiwan but still causes scattered rains over parts of Northern Luzon, the weather bureau said Thursday afternoon.

Julian was last located 255 km. north-northwest of Itbayat, Batanes, packing maxi…

BUTUAN CITY – Police have apprehended one of the most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the Caraga Region, an official said Thursday.

Brig. Gen. Alan Nazarro, director of the Police Regional Office-Caraga (PRO-13), identified the rebel as “Rud…

MANILA: Philippine economic growth is expected to reach over 6 percent this year and in 2025, driven by government spending and the growth in services exports, according to the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).

In the latest October 2024 …

BACOLOD CITY – A provincial government-funded PHP7.9 million solar-powered irrigation system (SPIS) is providing an eco-friendly alternative for water management to a farmers’ cooperative in Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City in southern Negros Occid…