Gov’t working hard to address price elevation – NEDA

PBBM creates task force on disaster response, crisis management

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered the creation of a task force for disaster response and crisis management, Malacañang said on Monday. In a...

Acorda orders major PNP revamp

MANILA – More than two weeks after assuming as the country’s 29th top cop, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. ordered the reshuffle of...

Number of jobless Filipinos down in March

MANILA – The country’s unemployment rate went down to 4.7 percent in March from 4.8 percent in February, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Monday. In...

Fishing now allowed in waters off 7 Oriental Mindoro towns

MANILA – An oil spill task force on Monday declared that the municipal waters of Clusters 4 and 5 in the oil-spill hit Oriental Mindoro towns are...

Digital driver’s license to launch soon

BI warns travelers vs. fake predeparture counseling certificates

MANILA – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Monday warned travelers against the circulation of fake Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) Guidance and Counseling Program (GCP) certificates...

DILG: Anti-drug abuse councils to undergo performance audit

MANILA – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will conduct an annual performance audit of Anti-Drug Abuse Councils (ADACs) of localities to ensure that...

Congress vows swift passage of more LEDAC, priority bills

MANILA – House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Sunday vowed for the swift passage of 11 additional legislations, bringing to 42 the total number of priority...

Estate tax amnesty extension lifeline for pandemic-hit sectors

MANILA – The clock is ticking and the Senate needs to pass an important bill seeking to extend the estate tax amnesty period for two more...