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SANTIAGO CITY – A total of 4,244 promoted teachers and non-teaching personnel in Cagayan Valley formally took their oaths before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.at the Santiago City Sports Arena in Barangay Baluarte on Friday. “This event marks the implementation of the administration of the Expanded Career Progression (ECP) System designed to strengthen the regional workforce

The chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture and Food suggested using cable cars to transport high-value crops from mountain areas as a cheaper, easier way to move goods compared to farm-to-market roads.

The Palace on Friday lambasted officials who remained silent on territorial issues like the West Philippine Sea, especially those who accepted bribes to do so.

According to the PRC, 6,337 out of 17,062 passed the exam given by the Board of Civil Engineering in 19 testing centers all over the Philippines.

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MANILA, Philippines — Majority senators welcomed the Supreme Court’s dismissal of a petition challenging the legality of the Senate session on June 3 that resulted in the ousterof then-Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano. In an en banc resolution dated Aug. 26, the Supreme Court dismissed the petition filed by lawyers Valeriano Loon and Zigfred Diaz,

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday urged parents to watch for behavioral changes among their children as he called for greater vigilance to prevent school violence following a series of incidents involving students. The call came after school shooting incidents in Tacloban City, Zamboanga City, and South Cotabato that resulted in several deaths

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In his appeal, Rodriguez says he will reiterate his 'intergenerational sovereignty' argument

Kaila Napolis breaks through for the Philippine jiu-jitsu team in the 2026 Asian Games with a bronze medal after world champions Annie Ramirez and Kimberly Custodio suffered surprise early exits

The price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is expected to rise by P18/kg in October due to the ongoing Middle East conflict.

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday led a walkthrough of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City as preparations continued for the 49th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit and Related Summits, scheduled for Nov. 16 to 18. The Philippines is hosting the two summits this year, with Marcos serving

Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV accused Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Maneses Carpio, of respectively accepting P150 million and P319 million through their separate organizations.

World junior champion Tachiana Mangin and three-time Southeast Asian Games titlist Kurt Barbosa lose their respective title bouts as they add a pair of taekwondo silvers to the Philippines' haul in the 2026 Asian Games

Ask former senator Antonio Trillanes IV, and he will tell you it's a person who doesn't exist.

TACLOBAN CITY — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Eastern Visayas is strengthening climate monitoring and providing farmers with localized weather information as a worsening El Niño threatens agriculture, water resources, and other sectors in the region. DOST-8 Regional Director Glenn Ocaña said agriculture is particularly vulnerable because many farmers in Eastern Visayas

A bill seeking a P5 billion budget for the sugar industry and restrictions on sugar importation was filed in the House of Representatives.

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The Palawan provincial government has confirmed its first case of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Barangay Concepcion, Agutaya, and rolled out strict containment protocols to block the virus from spreading further across the province.  Laboratory tests by the Bureau of Animal Industry returned positive results for ASF in 40 samples

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) is investigating the source of a “fake report” alleging a mass shooting at De La Salle University-Dasmariñas in Cavite on Thursday. PNP chief Police Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said Friday that the probe would determine who was behind the report and whether it was deliberately fabricated.

MANILA, Philippines — Former Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) chief Jesus Fernandez pleaded not guilty on Friday to a graft charge before the Sandiganbayan Third Division over an alleged P4 million bribe. Third Division Clerk of Court Dennis Pulma read the charge against Fernandez before Associate Justice Ronald Moreno, who presided over the arraignment. “I

The Philippines and Singapore have concluded the negotiations for updating a pact entered into by the two neighboring countries nearly five decades ago to prevent double taxation.

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Young filmmakers from Mimaropa turned the struggles, aspirations, and resilience of agrarian reform beneficiaries into cinematic stories, with two films emerging as best films in the second year of the Department of Agrarian Reform’s PelikulAgraryo festival. The 13 entries from 10 production teams representing eight schools across the Mimaropa region

BAGUIO CITY — Seven men, three of them barely out of their teens, were found dead inside a tunnel in the Benguet mining town of Itogon, in an incident that police are investigating as possible gas poisoning. The Itogon Municipal Police Station said the incident may have occurred on Sept. 30 in Sitio Dalicno in

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Friday appealed to US Immigration authorities for the immediate release of Mark Mabasa, son of slain broadcast journalist Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa, who has been detained in California since Sept. 21. Mabasa is being held at the Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center, according to his

Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV urged Senate impeachment court presiding officer Francis Escudero to prioritize the presentation of evidence over technicalities in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

TACLOBAN CITY — Five individuals formerly linked to the communist insurgency surrendered to police authorities in the Samar provinces within the week, turning over firearms, ammunition, and an explosive device, the Police Regional Office 8 (PRO-8) said. PRO-8 said the surrenderers were identified as former members or supporters of the New People’s Army(NPA), with four

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Senator Raffy Tulfo was present at the Senate impeachment court days after YouTube videos falsely claimed he had been arrested

A member of the House panel on banks and financial intermediaries said Friday that the P6.60 final pricing of the initial public offering of Mynt Inc., the parent company of mobile wallet GCash, could bring ownership of the digital platforms within reach of a broader base of Filipino investors.