Agricultural losses due to the “weak” El Niño now affecting the country are estimated to have reached P4.35 billion with an estimated volume of 233,007 metric tons (MT) of crops and damaged 149,494 hectares of farmland.
Vice President Leni Robredo said indifference seemed to be the prevailing sentiment among Filipinos regarding the arrest of Rappler Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa for alleged violation of the Anti-Dummy Law.
President Rodrigo Duterte has taken the campaign to the gutter by giving a low blow to senatorial bet Chel Diokno and his teeth.
Thai demonstrators on Sunday protested against alleged cheating in the junta-ruled kingdom’s first election since a 2014 coup, a week after the controversial poll sowed confusion over the ballot results.
Ernest Hemingway’s legacy helps to bring Americans and Cubans together, an American congressman said as he opened an archive at the legendary writer’s onetime home in Havana, despite tensions between the two nations.
Administration senatorial bet Francis Tolentino is amenable to the proposed release of the names of celebrities alleged involved in illegal drugs.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. is rallying behind Facebook’s aggressive crackdown against fake accounts. Locsin, in a tweet, even asked Facebook to take down
Rights groups on Sunday condemned what they called a “massacre” of 14 farmers by police in the central Philippines as authorities defended the incident as a legitimate operation against suspected communist rebels.
Administration senatorial candidate and former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chair Francis Tolentino recently warned the public of the harmful effects of red tide amid the ongoing effects of El Niño.
Administration Senatorial bet Francis Tolentino warned that El Niño will cause more fish kills and red tide that affect local fisher folks.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is urging local government units (LGUs) to support the government immunization campaign to address the measles outbreak.
President Rodrigo Duterte said husbands should never trust their beautiful wives with priests.
President Rodrigo Duterte joked about dying in a plane crash while taking a swipe at Vice President Leni Robredo.
Malacañang said Atty. Jude Sabio is just “hallucinating” for claiming his life is under serious threat following an arrest order against him for deficiency in compliance with the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE).
Senator Sonny Angara has secured another crucial backing for his reelection bid, this time from Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon who hails from the vote-rich Iloilo province.
Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Sunday reminded President Rodrigo Duterte that the country’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) is not an “escape hatch” for him to evade prosecution.
Administration senatorial bet and former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ronald dela Rosa said that dismissed Police Colonel Eduardo Acierto failed to validate his supposed evidence against former Presidential adviser Michael Yang.
Senator Francis Pangilinan on Sunday urged voters to get out of social media and join the person-to-person campaign for Otso Diretso senatorial candidates.
avao City Mayor Sara Duterte admitted that never in her wildest dream that she will become the country’s future president.
President Rodrigo Duterte says he would not reveal how much money was in
the bag which bilyonaryo Manny Villar and his wife, Senator Cynthia Villar, gave him
for his 2016 presidential race.
Senatorial Candidate Former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go underscores the need to support farmers amid the prolonged drought which has been affecting the crops of farmers.
Seven Otso Diretso Candidates make it to the Magic 12 of a mock senatorial election of Cebu’s University of San Carlos School of Law and Governance.
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara is urging the government to allot more funds for socialized housing to ensure that all Filipinos will have decent homes.
President Rodrigo Duterte is turning 74 in a couple of days and he has
these words to live by for fellow, aging lotharios who still want to live long.
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