ILAGAN, Isabela—The Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) has earmarked P59.8-million fund for three tourism infrastructure projects in Ilagan City. This was made certain by TIEZA Chief Operating Officer Mark Lapid who visited Ilagan to sign a memorandum of agreement over the projects on October 13. Lapid announced that his agency will financially support

MANILA, Philippines — Senate finance panel chairperson Sen. JV Ejercito said the Senate will scrutinize the budget realignments in the House General Appropriations Bill, which cut budgets on major government programs. In a press briefing, Ejercito confirmed major changes in the House GAB including the P130 billion cut on the Foreign Assistance Projects and a

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The fate of Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense strategy now hangs in the balance, caught between the prosecution’s potential objections and the final rulings of the Senate impeachment court, according to former Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. His pronouncement follows the Senate impeachment court’s decision, led by presiding

(Satellite image from Pagasa) MANILA, Philippines — Occasional rain showers triggered by the northeasterly wind flow and intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) are expected in several parts of the country on Thursday, according to the state weather bureau. In its 4 p.m. weather advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that cloudy

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has commended the Office of the President (OP) for utilizing its P4.2 billion socio-civic projects fund (SCPF) to procure hospital equipment. In its annual audit report for 2025 published on COA’s website on Tuesday, the agency said OP made total fund transfers amounting to ₱4,217,259,693.10 in calendar

MANILA, Philippines—A former soldier and an active police officer were arrested in Pangasinan for allegedly trading firearms, the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said on Wednesday. The CIDG Pangasinan Provincial Field Unit, along with the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG) Luzon Field Unit and the Villasis Municipal Police

MANILA, Philippines — Senate deputy majority leader Sen. Joel Villanueva on Wednesday asked Vice President Sara Duterte’s spokesperson Atty. Paolo Panelo if he should have thrown a fit over the prosecution’s move to drop three of the four articles of impeachment against Duterte. Panelo, in a statement, questioned the “lack of outrage” of the Senate

CALAPAN CITY — Residents of the Marinduque towns of Santa Cruz and Torrijos will enjoy shorter, cheaper trips when the P300-million Balogo Port opens in June 2027, providing an alternative docking facility to Balanacan Port in Mogpog. Marinduque lone district Rep. Reynaldo Salvacion said the new port would make sea travel more convenient by cutting

MANILA, Philippines — Local stocks fell on Wednesday as a sharp decline in index heavyweight International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) pulled the benchmark index lower, while foreign selling and persistent economic headwinds weighed on sentiment. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) dropped 1.48 percent, or 84.31 points, to close at 5,617.23. READ: Red hot inflation