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Sotto: Senate leadership talks fall short of required votes

Manila, Feb. 5 -- Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Thursday that no group has met the constitutional requirement to replace the Senate leadership, downplaying speculations of an impending shake... Read More


Navy to set up monitoring station in Tubbataha

Manila, Feb. 5 -- The Philippine Navy (PN) on Thursday announced that its Western Naval Command (WNC), which is based in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, will establish a naval monitoring detachment (NMD) at... Read More


Basyang accelerates; 8 Siargao flights canceled

Manila, Feb. 5 -- Tropical Storm Basyang (international name Penha) has been accelerating, moving at 25 kph westward, the weather bureau said in its 11 a.m. bulletin on Thursday. Basyang was last tra... Read More


Senate seeks to end cycle of BARMM polls postponements

Manila, Feb. 5 -- The Senate on Thursday began urgent deliberations on a measure seeking to reset the first regular elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), as Senate ... Read More


DND exec hails Thai support for PH military, ASEAN 2026

Manila, Feb. 5 -- A ranking Department of National Defense (DND) official has expressed the country's gratitude to Thailand for its continuing assistance in boosting the country's military capabilitie... Read More


65 trafficking victims rescued from illegal Pampanga cigarette factory

Manila, Feb. 5 -- Authorities arrested six Chinese nationals and rescued 65 Filipino workers during a raid on an illicit cigarette factory here last week. Speaking at a press briefing following a vis... Read More


Speaker Dy pushes 'long-overdue' Magna Carta for Barangays

Manila, Feb. 5 -- Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III on Thursday pushed for the passage of long-overdue measures establishing a Magna Carta for Barangays, stressing that village officials are the true fr... Read More


Gov't communicators urged to counter Red disinformation

Manila, Feb. 5 -- A ranking National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) official on Thursday called on all "public and government peace communicators" to help combat ongoing ... Read More


190 OFWs rescued from scam hubs in Cambodia back in Manila

Manila, Feb. 5 -- The Philippine government, led by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), has repatriated 190 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) rescued from scam hubs in Cambodia, following a whole-... Read More


Regulators back governance, market integration for Islamic finance

Manila, Feb. 5 -- Philippine financial regulators and market institutions have committed to aligning governance standards and market rules to integrate Islamic finance more deeply into the country's f... Read More