ISTANBUL – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro told supporters the country would not accept what he called a “slave’s peace” as he addressed thousands at a rally in the capital, amid escalating tensions and concerns of possible US military action, Al Jazeera reported. Maduro pledged “absolute loyalty” to Venezuelans during the gathering outside the presidential palace…
Nueva Vizcaya has been placed under a state of calamity following widespread destruction caused by Super Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-Wong). The storm left more than P3 billion in combined agriculture and infrastructure losses in the Cagayan Valley region. In Nueva Vizcaya alone, agricultural and infrastructure damage was initially assessed at P307.5 million, according to…
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on Tuesday that explicitly demanded Israel withdraw from the occupied Syrian Golan to the line held on June 4, 1967. The resolution, penned by Egypt, was approved by a significant majority, receiving 123 votes in favor, with only seven nations voting against and 41 abstentions. The UN…
Albay Representative Joey Salceda has filed a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to abolish the current estate tax, arguing that the levy causes greater economic damage to the economy than the revenue it generates. Under the measure, heirs would no longer be required to pay an estate tax when inheriting property. Instead, the…
Malacañang on Wednesday reminded the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to act strictly in accordance with the law and its mandate, saying it should not defend the personal interests of a few individuals. The statement came after the OSG filed a manifestation seeking to resume its participation in the petition for certiorari filed by…
Photo source: Senate of the Philippines YouTube livestream | December 2, 2025 Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan backed the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) push for additional funding under the 2026 national budget. In his manifestations on Tuesday for the DA-led amendments on Dec. 2, Pangilinan urged colleagues to consider the agency’s expanded budget proposals. “The DA’s…
Photo source: Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon on Tuesday visited Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte to inspect infrastructure projects and determine ways to accelerate their completion. The visit followed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to inspect and assess the condition of infrastructure nationwide. Dizon grew…
Photo source: Radio Television Malacañang (RTVM) Malacañang urged Congress, particularly the Senate, to hasten deliberations on the 2026 national budget to avoid operating under a reenacted 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA), which it described as the most corrupt in history. “They should be speeding up their work,” Palace press officer Claire Castro said at a…
Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) on Tuesday listed its first-ever bond issuance on the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. (PDEx), raising P20 billion for expressway projects and new investments. The offer was more than three times oversubscribed from its P15-billion base size, MPTC said. The issuance consisted of three fixed-rate tranches: a 3-year Series A…
Five weak earthquakes rattled areas off Occidental Mindoro on Tuesday, December 2, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). All tremors were tectonic in origin and occurred southwest of the towns of Looc and Paluan. The strongest among the sequence was a magnitude 4.2 quake detected at 7 p.m. some 31 kilometers…