THE Philippines is beefing up its civilian fishery patrol force to boost maritime monitoring as Chinese activity intensifies in the South China Sea, officials said on Monday.

THE Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said it entered into a partnership with Philippine Pharma Procurement, Inc. (PPPI) to develop pharmaceutical economic zones. “It’s meant to promote the ...

LAWMAKERS should pursue deeper transparency reforms beyond livestreaming as Congress finalizes the proposed P6.793-trillion national budget for next year, analysts said.

THE Department of Energy (DoE) said it is optimistic that the Philippines will end the year with electric vehicle (EV) sales of 50,000 units, noting that consumer acceptance of the new technology is ...

Parliament on Monday said it aims to finish the required districting law by December after missing the Nov. 30 deadline for its passage, a prerequisite for holding the first Bangsamoro parliamentary ...

THE Philippine Senate will hold a plenary session on Tuesday, despite the Dec. 2 local holiday in Pasay City, to avoid delays in finalizing the chamber’s version of the P6.793-trillion national budget ...

THE Commission on Audit (CoA) has flagged the Office of the Vice-President (OVP) for failing to assess the viability of projects backed with seed money under its flagship entrepreneurial program.

Juanito Victor C. Remulla on Monday said anti-corruption demonstrations held across the country over the weekend remained peaceful, with no incidents of violence reported as police enforced crowd ...

A FILIPINA in Sri Lanka was forced to flee following heavy rainfall, flooding, and landslides due to Cyclone Ditwah, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday. “One Filipino in Negombo ...

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Monday unveiled Central Luzon’s first Internet of Things (IoT) laboratory, which aims to help students and the academe develop IoT solutions that ...

THE Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) technical working group (TWG) on Monday said it is drafting a proposal to improve tracking of frozen and recovered assets. “We have a draft proposal ...

THE Land Transportation Office’s (LTO) move to bar electric bicycles and tricycles from national roads is intended to improve public safety and should not be seen as an anti-poor measure, Malacañang ...