Marcos condemns, orders thorough probe into South Cotabato shooting

MANILA, Philippines — The P12-per-liter fuel discount program will be temporarily suspended starting Friday, Sept. 18, amid an election ban for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) announced. In an advisory, the LTFRB said the suspension of the P12 discount provided to public utility jeepneys

MANILA, Philippines — Improving the learning gains that the Philippines has made, as evidenced by its performance in the 2025 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), would need the stronger and more active participation of local government units, Education Secretary Sonny Angara said in a Department of Education (DepEd) statement issued on Friday. “LGUs played

MANILA, Philippines — The government needs to swiftly adopt comprehensive reforms to prevent school shootings following the recent attack at a South Cotabato national high school that left three students dead and several others wounded, according to members of the House minority bloc. In separate statements, Akbayan party-list Reps. Chel Diokno and Percival Cendaña, along with

Joanna Wietrzyk finished the Hyrox race last weekend with excrement on her legs and shoes, continuing to use the mats and equipment

MANILA, Philippines – Following the school shooting incident in South Cotabato, Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Friday stressed that such incidents must not become the country’s “new normal.” Six students were killed and 17 others injured after a shooting at Banga National High School in South Cotabato on Friday afternoon. “Nakakadurog ng puso na may isa

MANILA, Philippines — Amid discussions of changing the voting threshold needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte in her impeachment, Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano warned that changing a ruling in the middle of a trial could lead to a mistrial. Cayetano, in a Facebook livestream, stressed that he would not want to start

MANILA, Philippines — Will it be fair to let senators who did not follow Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial vote as the Senate court makes its ruling on the case? Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr., chair of the House Committee on Human Rights, raised that question during an online media conference on Friday as

MANILA, Philippines — Transport Secretary Giovanni Lopez on Friday called for the restoration of the proposed P1.756 billion funding of the Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa) bus carousel system at the Senate finance committee hearing. This comes as the Edsa busway system receives zero funding in the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) proposed 2027

MANILA, Philippines — Prosecution counsel Benjamin Tolosa Jr. urges a fair application of the Senate impeachment court’s sub judice ruling, pointing out that Vice President Sara Duterte herself violated it by claiming that senator-judges were all under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s control. In an interview on Friday with reporters covering the House, Tolosa said that Duterte made

MANILA, Philippines —Former Rep. Robert Ace Barbers thinks House panel members Rep. Terry Ridon and lawyer Benjamin Tolosa Jr. were only trying to explain the proceedings of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial — not influence the senator-judges. “Perhaps there were some expressions in the desire to make the issue understandable and relatable to the

(Satellite image from Pagasa) MANILA, Philippines — The southwest monsoon or habagat will return over the western sections of the country on Saturday, bringing scattered rains to parts of Southern Luzon and the Visayas, the state weather bureau said. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) weather specialist Loriedin De La Cruz-Galicia said the

MANILA, Philippines — Palace Press Officer Claire Castro on Friday called out ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio for using what she described as disrespectful language. This pertains to the lawmaker’s criticism of the administration’s response to transboundary haze pollution originating from Indonesia. Tinio made the remark during the House sponsorship and plenary deliberations on the proposed