MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte topped the 2028 presidential preference rankings and net satisfaction ratings among high-level government officials in two separate surveys released on Saturday by the country’s leading pollsters. The surveys by Pulse Asia and Social Weather Stations (SWS) were conducted before the House of Representatives impeached Duterte on May 11

MANILA, Philippines — A national artist and a publisher are asking the Supreme Court to declare as unconstitutional the 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) imposed on digital books, journals, newspapers and other published literature, which has been in effect since February last year. They say the tax on such materials creates a “tollgate” to sources of

CAMP GENERAL ALEJO SANTOS, Bulacan—Gawad Kalinga (GK) founder Antonio “Tony” Meloto was arrested on Friday night on charges of trafficking in persons, the alleged victims being two scholars of the nongovernmental organization who had also accused him of sexual abuse. The police arrested Meloto, 76, at the GK Enchanted Farm in Barangay Encanto, where he

MANILA, Philippines — The southwest monsoon season has begun, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) announced on Saturday, as it continued to warn of dangerous heat levels in 44 areas around the country. The southwest monsoon, locally called “habagat,” refers to warm, moist winds originating from the southwest, which bring rains to

May 30, 2023 The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Bicol (BFAR-5) officially turned over the refurbished Abuyog Dam to the local government unit of Sorsogon City. As one of BFAR’s Balik Sigla sa Ilog at Lawa program sites, which focuses on sustaining inland fisheries, the P314,000 rehabilitation of the dam was designed to