MANILA: The Philippine Navy’s first guided-missile frigate, BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150), sailed for a sovereignty patrol on Tuesday to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the renaming of Benham Rise to Philippine Rise, highlighting the country’s claims o…

MANILA: The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs on Wednesday cited for contempt former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang for his refusal to attend hearings on the September 2023 illegal drug seizure worth PHP3 billion in Mexico, Pampanga.

Dur…

MANILA: The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is pushing for amendments to the “already defective” Republic Act (RA) 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991.

This is to address problems and challenges encountered by local gover…

The 35th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee commenced in Hanoi on July 10 morning under the chair of NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man. The session focuses on reviewing the outcomes of the 7th session of the 15th NA, which took place f…

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday dared embattled televangelist Apollo Quiboloy to show himself and face the charges against him.

In a media interview, Marcos defended the initiative of private citizens in putting a PHP10-million…

KIDAPAWAN CITY: Police operatives arrested a drug suspect and seized from him PHP1.2 million worth of ‘shabu’ drugs during a buy-bust operation in this city on Tuesday night.

In an interview on Wednesday, Lt. Col. Dominador Palgan Jr., city police di…

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday assured the public that spiking prices of select vegetables will be tempered starting this week.

‘Ang good news dito as I mentioned, nag-start nang mag-harvest ngayon iyong Southern Tagalog Regi…

Legal harmonisation creates a basis for the formation of a rules-based regional connectivity institution and an ASEAN community united in diversity, held experts at a conference themed ‘Legal harmonisation of among ASEAN countries towards enhancing c…