Manila: House Speaker Faustino ‘Bojie’ Dy III has proposed sweeping safeguards against political dynasties, conflicts of interest, and undue political influence in the party-list system, as part of a broader effort to modernize the country’s electoral…
Manila: The Iloilo City Police Station 4 (ICPS4) has seized PHP4.76 million worth of shabu and arrested a high-value individual during an anti-drug operation in Barangay Calumpang, Molo district on Monday afternoon. Police identified the suspect as al…
Manila: Tropical cyclone Francisco has weakened into a typhoon category, the weather bureau confirmed in its 11 a.m. bulletin on Tuesday. The typhoon currently features maximum sustained winds of 175 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center, with gus…
Manila: The Senate will reopen its inquiry on child safety in digital spaces on July 1 following the fatal school shooting in Tacloban City, with online radicalization among children now under sharper scrutiny. Senator Risa Hontiveros announced Tuesda…
Manila: The decline in fuel prices to around PHP70 per liter, from nearly PHP150 per liter at the height of the Middle East conflict, is expected to help ease inflationary pressures in the Philippine economy. Domestic fuel prices were reduced by about…
