Day: December 10, 2025

Manila: Malaca±ang on Wednesday dismissed rumors of an impending Cabinet shakeup, affirming that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. continues to trust his Cabinet, including Education Secretary Sonny Angara and Information and Communications Technology Secretary Henry Aguda. According to Philippines News Agency, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro made the clarification following reports suggesting that Angara and Aguda were allegedly at risk of losing their posts. In a Palace press briefing, Castro noted that the two Cabinet officials were present at the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) meeting with Marcos at Malaca±an Palace in Manila on Tuesday. Castro added that both officials

Aomori: Many local residents on Tuesday voiced their concerns over a warning of possible powerful aftershocks after spending a sleepless night following a strong earthquake that mainly struck northeastern Japan. The temblor occurred off the east coast of Aomori Prefecture at about 11:15 p.m. Monday, registering upper 6, the second-highest level on the country’s seismic intensity scale, in the city of Hachinohe in the prefecture. According to Philippines News Agency, shortly after the quake, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued the aftershock warning for the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido and the Sanriku Pacific coastal area of northeastern Japan for the first

Manila: Malaca±ang announced its proactive steps in addressing the peso’s ongoing depreciation, as it collaborates closely with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the country’s economic team. This development comes in the wake of the peso hitting an unprecedented low of PHP59.22 against the US dollar. According to Philippines News Agency, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro confirmed that a meeting is scheduled for Thursday to discuss the matter. She stated, “We are working with the BSP and the economic team, and they will meet tomorrow,” in response to inquiries about the Palace’s stance on the peso’s recent slump. The

Rosario: The Department of Agriculture (DA) 13’s Mindanao Inclusive Agriculture Development Project (MIADP) has announced the commencement of the PHP134 million construction of two farm-to-market roads (FMRs) within an ancestral domain in Agusan del Sur. The groundbreaking for the project was facilitated by DA-13 inside the Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) 078 in the town of Rosario on Tuesday. According to Philippines News Agency, the project will see the concreting of a 3.7-kilometer stretch known as Purok 6, Cabantao-Gwahon-Redline, Maligaya FMR, valued at PHP80 million, alongside a 2.8-kilometer road from Purok Octie to Bahi FMR, worth PHP54 million. These

Manila: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 13 (Caraga Region) has successfully replenished 10,900 boxes of family food packs (FFPs) in the province of Dinagat Islands as of Tuesday. The move comes after the province’s FFP supplies were nearly depleted due to ongoing relief efforts for victims of recent natural disasters. According to Philippines News Agency, the DSWD-13 highlighted in a statement on Wednesday that the restocking of the FFPs was necessary to continue providing aid. The replenished food packs have been strategically prepositioned in critical areas and warehouses across the Dinagat Islands to ensure swift distribution when