Grab Philippines names new country head
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has found deficiencies in the Department of Migrant Workers’ (DMW) implementation of its aid program for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), noting that at least P62.23 million worth of disbursements had incomplete supporting documents. In its 2025 audit report, the COA said a post-audit of the disbursements charged
MANILA, Philippines — A defense witness’ corporate ties came under scrutiny at Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on Wednesday, as the court examined whether the payments Duterte received from GenCorp Industries Inc. constituted conflict of interest since the company secured food supply contracts with the Davao City government. Lawyer Suzette Balucanag-Punay, GenCorp’s in-house counsel
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte received P2.14 million from GenCorp Industries Inc. between 2022 and 2025, which a defense witness described as a “return of capital” on a “loose investment” in a Jollibee branch in Davao City, the Senate impeachment court heard on Wednesday. However, the company’s in-house counsel, lawyer Suzette Balucanag-Punay, could
Unrelated audio was superimposed on footage from an October 30 briefing to make it appear that PNP deputy chief Police Lieutenant General Wilson Joseph Lopez made the statement
Ports and logistics operator Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) on Thursday announced it has secured a 25-year renewal of its concession to operate and develop Manila South Harbor (MSH).
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said on Thursday that it recorded P2.84 trillion in gross collections in the first ten months of the year.
A 50-year-old male passenger bound for Hong Kong was arrested after allegedly making a bomb joke at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1, airport police said Thursday.
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COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — A resurgence of violence greeted the start of the regular government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Council for Climate and Conflict Action Asia (CCAA), a nonprofit organization monitoring peace and security issues in the region, said the recent surge of violence was driven by clan feud,
The defense team presented Thursday a co-parent of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, Atty. Manases Caprio, in their children's basketball team, to testify on matters surrounding the credit card purchase of over P256,000 worth of shoes in Malaysia.
SAN FRANCISCO, AGUSAN DEL SUR, Philippines — Widowed farmer Nelly Boot would have spent this week harvesting palay alongside her neighbors at Barangay Patin-ay in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur. Instead, her rain-fed paddies sit cracked, gray and barren. With irrigation canals dry, Boot has been reduced to carrying water by hand from a distant creek
CITY OF MALOLOS, BULACAN, Philippines — The provincial government of Bulacan has approved a P2.5-million allocation for the protection and care of the province’s nearly half a million pet dogs and cats during a “very strong” El Niño phenomenon. There are an estimated 450,709 household pets in Bulacan’s 20 towns and cities, according to Dr.
