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Oct 20, 2026
MANILA, Philippines — A party-list group advocating for persons with disabilities (PWDs) made good on its promise to file a complaint against the hosts and producers of the recently canceled “Machong Chismisan” podcast over remarks that mocked TV host Kris Aquino’s son, Josh, who is on the autism spectrum. On Monday, 1PWD party-list Rep. JD
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is proposing a P61.99-billion action plan to minimize the impact of El Niño on the country’s farm production to safeguard the livelihoods of farmers and fishers. The DA said the proposed spending includes P6.2 billion in fuel and fertilizer subsidies under the Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry,
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan’s Third Division on Monday suspended Sen. Rodante Marcoleta due to his plunder case. Marcoleta was charged with plunder for accepting a P75-million donation while sitting as a party-list congressman, which he admitted in a television interview in November last year. In a statement, the Third Division said “Senator Rodante D.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) has indefinitely suspended the operations of six vessels of Atienza Interisland Ferries after the Sept. 9 fire that gutted one of its passenger-cargo vessels, the MV June Aster, off the coast of Coron, Palawan. Based on the documents shared to media, the work stoppage order
MANILA, Philippines — Vice Adm. Rommel Supangan is the new commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), replacing Adm. Ronnie Gil Gavan, Palace press officer Claire Castro announced on Monday. President Marcos led Supangan and Gavan’s Change of Command and Retirement Ceremony at the Coast Guard Fleet, Port Area, City of Manila. Supangan, a graduate
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos paid tribute to nurses on Monday, thanking them for their service to the country as he also vowed to improve their welfare by providing them with government support, benefits and more opportunities. He made the commitment during the 2026 national annual convention of the Philippine Nurses Association Inc., which coincided
MANILA, Philippines — Manila logged 31 new cases of dengue on Monday, bringing the number of cases to 4,048 since Jan. 1. The city also recorded 28 new cases of influenza-like illness (ILI), two cases of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and one case of leptospirosis on the same day. In a Facebook post, Mayor
COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — The national government will not interfere in the election of the chief minister and other officials of the first regular parliament in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento said. He issued the assurance Monday with barely two weeks remaining before the
BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Thousands of residents and tourists flocked to Bacolod over the weekend for the 2026 MassKara Festival street dancing and arena competitions, featuring colorful costumes, elaborate choreography and the festival’s signature smiling masks. Barangay Taculing emerged as grand champion of the barangay street dance and arena competition on Sunday, winning
QUEZON, BUKIDNON, Philippines — Importing raw sugar to stabilize domestic market prices risks collapsing local production and depressing farm-gate prices nationwide, an industry leader here warned. Pablo Lorenzo III, president and chair emeritus of the Associated Bukidnon Sugarcane Farmers Inc. and Associated Bukidnon Sugarcane Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (ABSFI-ABSMPC), strongly cautioned the government against raw sugar
CALASIAO, PANGASINAN, Philippines — Newly installed Urdaneta City Mayor Blesildo Sumera assured city employees that they would keep their jobs under his administration, pledging to listen to all sectors before making decisions affecting the city. Sumera, who took his oath of office on Oct. 16, assumed the mayoralty following the dismissal of Mayor Julius “Rammy”
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