PhilHealth continues to pay hospitals thru debit-credit method

MANILA – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) continues to pay hospitals’ claims, an official said Thursday. In a televised Laging Handa public briefing, PhilHealth Vice President...

Failure to ensure clean elections ‘insult’ to all of us: Duterte

MANILA – President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Thursday reminded political candidates to do their part in ensuring a “clean and honest” May 9 elections, noting that failing...

POEA allows deployment of returning workers to Ethiopia

MANILA – Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are now allowed again to be deployed to eight regions and independent chartered cities in Ethiopia, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration...

Be ready for Russia-Ukraine war spillover: PRRD to PNP, AFP

Tax exemption not best way to help poll workers: DOF

MANILA – Tax exemption is not the best way to support those rendering election services, particularly public school teachers, the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Thursday....

Macapagal Blvd. closure not meant to deter rallyists: MMDA

MANILA – The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Thursday said the partial and full closure of the Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard is part of the preparation for...

CIDG nabs another Maguindanao massacre suspect in Cotabato

MANILA – The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) on Thursday announced the arrest of another suspect in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in Cotabato City....

POEA urged to observe status quo in performance of duties

MANILA – Personnel of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) have been advised to observe the status quo in the performance of their duties and responsibilities until the...

Comelec to reprint over 300K defective ballots

MANILA – There are over 300,000 defective ballots that will be reprinted, an official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday. Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said...

Gov’t assures nonstop efforts to address land reform issues

MANILA – The Duterte administration is continuously addressing the long-standing pleas of farmers and indigenous peoples (IPs) for genuine land reform, Malacañang said Thursday. This, after labor...