MANILA – The government is not looking to impose a new tax to make up for an estimated PHP10 billion in annual revenue losses following the removal of value-added tax (VAT) on allowable electricity system-loss charges, Malacañang said Tuesday. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said the government would instead rely on tax administration and existing

MANILA, Philippines — House prosecutors will trace the source of the ₱33.35-million jump in Vice President Sara Duterte’s declared net worth from 2021 to 2025, prosecution counsel and spokesperson Benjamin Tolosa Jr. announced during the press conference at Tuesday’s impeachment trial. Tolosa further explained that the prosecutors will verify whether the amount can be accounted

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Benedicto College (BC) Baby Cheetahs snapped their back-to-back losing skid with an emphatic 70-50 win over the San Roque College de Cebu (SRCDC) Greyhounds in the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (Cesafi) Season 26 high school basketball tournament on Tuesday, September 15, at the Cebu Coliseum. The wire-to-wire win earned the Baby

MANILA – House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Paolo Ortega V on Tuesday urged Vice President Sara Z. Duterte to heed her own call for President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to resign, saying she should step down first to “set an example.” “Mauna na lang muna siguro siya para mabawasan ’yung mga hinaharap niyang problema ngayon

TOTTORI, Japan — A Japanese court has denied a citizenship request from a 95-year-old Japanese-Filipino woman who was left in the Philippines after World War II, her lawyer announced Friday. Rosalina Kamba Fernandez applied at the Tottori Family Court’s Yonago branch in March. Her application came just two months after she visited Japan on a

MANILA, Philippines — Akbayan Rep. Percival Cendaña scored his fellow lawmakers for slighting budget watchdogs in this year’s budget review cycle as the House of Representatives moves forward in the process, saying the chamber seemingly made a “U-turn” amid spending discussions for 2027. A minority lawmaker, Cendaña questioned why civil society organizations (CSO) were left

MANILA, Philippines — Targeted academic interventions, such as the Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning (ARAL) Program, need to be sustained, especially now that Filipino students have shown significant performance gains in the latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Education Secretary Sonny Angara emphasized that point in a statement issued on Tuesday. As the statement

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur—The Communist Party of the Philippines–North Central Mindanao Region (CPP-NCMR) has acknowledged the death of a senior member in a firefight with government troops in Agusan del Sur. The group identified the cadre as Julia Cagadas-Lastimosa, alias “Ka Rida.” The fatality comes along with three other New People’s Army (NPA) members

MANILA, Philippines—Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano and Sen. Panfilo Lacson continued to quarrel on Tuesday, this time over the latter’s claim about his anti-corruption drive. In a Facebook post, Cayetano scoffed at Lacson’s statement that he “must be doing something right and good for the country” if his campaign against corruption intimidates the corrupt.

MANILA, Philippines — The arrest of former House Speaker and presidential cousin Martin Romualdez is proof that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is keeping his promise to hold accountable those involved in the flood control mess, Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon said on Tuesday. Romualdez is in detention at the New Quezon City Jail for plunder