Brazil President Lula to visit PH on Nov. 14-15, 2026 for state visit

The defense panel will present on Tuesday its second witness in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte to testify on matters concerning the tax declarations and tax maps of a property in the Island Garden City of Samal.

MANILA, Philippines—No ticket holder won the Grand Lotto 6/55 and Mega Lotto 6/45 jackpot on Monday, November 9, 2026, according to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. Grand Lotto 6/55 draw result: 53-44-36-18-20-28. Jackpot prize: ₱349.05 million Mega Lotto 6/45 draw result: 29-27-12-11-43-05. Jackpot prize: ₱15 million. Minor games The PCSO also reported the following results

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives will soon launch a transparency platform on its website that will allow Filipinos to scrutinize government-funded projects, including their locations, funding allocations, and implementation status, Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III announced on Monday. The project is part of continuing reforms to strengthen transparency and accountability in public

A 30-year-old suspect, alias “Cyclone,” was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Ong Yiu, Butuan City on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026.(Photo courtesy of Police Regional Office 13) SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur – Anti-narcotics operatives seized over P700,000 worth of suspected shabu from an alleged street-level drug pusher arrested in an entrapment operation

BAGUIO CITY—Mayor Benjamin Magalong has urged education leaders to promote the ethical and responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in schools, emphasizing that the technology should support learning rather than make students dependent on it. In a statement Sunday, Nov. 8, Magalong stressed the need for proper and controlled use of AI in education during

MANILA, Philippines — The House prosecution is wondering who will explain the financial records and disputed assets of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases “Mans” Carpio, considering that the latter is not in the initial witness list of the defense. Rep. Gerville Luisto, the lead prosecutor, pointed this out on Sunday in

The defense team of former President Rodrigo Duterte has pushed back at International Criminal Court prosecutors over their bid to include two witness testimonies whose accounts they allege to be based on “rumors, hearsay, and information obtained through media.”

MANILA, Philippines—The upcoming closed fishing season in major fishing grounds across the country could trigger an artificial shortage of fish and drive up market prices, the fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) warned. In a statement, Pamalakaya said the annual three-month fishing ban, scheduled across several fishing grounds between November and

MANILA, Philippines — Mati Bishop Abel Apigo was appointed by Pope Leo XIV as the new archbishop of Davao, succeeding Archbishop Romulo Valles, who already reached the mandatory retirement age for bishops, according to CBCP News. Apigo was appointed as the second bishop of Mati by Pope Francis in 2018. He completed his philosophical and

MANILA, Philippines — A bill seeking to double the minimum night shift differential for private-sector workers from the current 10 percent to 20 percent of their regular hourly wage has been filed by Sen. Loren Legarda. According to Legarda, the proposed increase would help recognize the sacrifices and health risks faced by workers whose schedules

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur – The National ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Confederation of the Philippines (NICP) has reaffirmed its commitment to driving digital transformation in the countryside. During Monday’s opening of 11th Mindanao ICT Conference (MindaCon) 2026 from Nov. 9 to 11, NICP president Jessraf Palmares lauded the city government’s thrust toward digital

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur — Poverty incidence among families in Caraga (Region 13) dropped to 7.8 percent in 2025, according to preliminary results of the 2025 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) released on Monday by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The official report, issued by the PSA Regional Statistical Services Office-13 (Caraga), showed