The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) identified 49 flood-prone areas across the National Capital Region (NCR), as heavy rains and infrastructure challenges continue to affect traffic and safety during the rainy season. In a press briefing, MMDA chairman Romando Artes listed key locations repeatedly affected by flooding, including G. Araneta Avenue, Banawe Avenue, EDSA near…
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) reported a 25 percent increase in its net income after tax, reaching P495.7 million for the first half of 2025, mainly driven by the consolidation of the Philippine Dealing Systems Holding Corporation (PDSHC) into its operations. The PSE’s acquisition of a controlling interest in PDSHC significantly boosted its earnings, particularly…
Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro clarified on Monday that the Philippines currently has no active efforts to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC), despite some inter-agency discussions on the matter. “There’s no movement as far as cascading to the Department of Foreign Affairs,” Lazaro told reporters during a press briefing. “I’m sure there had…
The House of Representatives’ Quad Committee (QuadComm) will revive its investigation into the case of more than 100 missing cockfighting enthusiasts or sabungeros in the 20th Congress, a move that coincides with Malacañang’s assurance of a continued and transparent probe amid recent developments. Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido Abante, co-chair of the QuadComm and former…
Senators Loren Legarda and Risa Hontiveros have renewed their call for the passage of the proposed Blue Economy Act, urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to include it among his legislative priorities in his upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 28. Legarda, the principal author of the bill in the Senate, emphasized that…
Authorities have arrested Jianxin Yang, the brother of former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang, over multiple charges including falsification of public documents, perjury, and violation of the law regulating the use of aliases. Yang, a Chinese national also known by several aliases such as Antonio Lim y Maestrado, Antonio M. Lim, Tony Lim and Tony…
Jun Lozada, the whistleblower in the controversial NBN-ZTE broadband deal, has been released from the New Bilibid Prison along with his brother, Jose Orlando Lozada, the Bureau of Corrections confirmed on Thursday. According to BuCor, the Lozada brothers were released on May 9, 2025, after serving the minimum period of their sentences. Their release was…
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has called for laws protecting persons with disabilities (PWDs) to be included in refresher courses for drivers and conductors of public utility vehicles (PUVs), emphasizing the need to strengthen awareness and implementation of disability rights in the transport sector. DSWD assistant secretary Irene Dumlao said it is…
A high-level Philippine delegation is set to travel to Washington D.C. next week to renegotiate tariffs recently imposed by the United States on Philippine exports, according to sources familiar with the matter. Leading the delegation is Frederick Go, special assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs and chair of the Economic Development Committee….
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday filed cyberlibel complaints against a former Senate witness, a lawyer and several social media personalities over a viral video accusing her of coercing testimony against the Dutertes and religious leader Apollo Quiboloy. Filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ), Hontiveros named former witness Michael Maurillo, lawyer Ferdinand Topacio and vloggers…