Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian was chosen to head the Committee on Finance, which leads the deliberation of the annual ...

THE PHILIPPINES and Israel have agreed to pursue talks that could lead to the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) before the government’s term ends in 2028. “As we move forward in our bilateral ...

THE GOVERNMENT is unlikely to operate under a reenacted budget next year, with Congress expected to heed the President’s warning not to deviate significantly from the Executive branch’s spending plan, ...

THE Department of Transportation (DoTr) on Tuesday said it is studying the rollout of Love Bus within this year. In a media release on Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Vivencio B. Dizon said the ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday that restoring the National Food Authority’s (NFA) power to sell rice directly to the public will go hand-in-hand with expanding the reach of the P20 ...

THE Philippine Independent Power Producers Association (PIPPA) said it will grow its members’ generating capacity in order to facilitate full electrification. “The members of PIPPA heed the mandate of ...

PHILIPPINE STOCKS closed lower for a fourth straight day on Tuesday as the market reacted to President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA). The benchmark Philippine Stock ...

THE SENATE no longer needs to convene as an impeachment court after the Supreme Court voided the impeachment of Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio, Senate President Francis G. Escudero said on Tuesday ...

THE DEPARTMENT of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) on Tuesday said it will craft objective protocols for the review of government flood-control projects to ensure that it will not be a ...

The director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) will assume leadership of the Police Regional Office-12 (PRO-12) on Wednesday. Officials of the Police Regional Office-12 told ...

THE Department of Tourism (DoT) said it will seek more funding for tourism infrastructure and the tourism calamity fund in the 20th Congress, while also pressing legislators to liberalize visitor ...

THE Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) said the government needs to follow through on pending reforms after President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., left out the government’s legislative ...