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Two institutions once credited with helping thousands of coconut farmers escape poverty are now “shadows of their previous robust selves,” said Leonardo Montemayor, a former Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary. Montemayor, now chairman of the Federation of Free Farmers, said the United Coconut Planters Bank-Coconut Industry Investment Fund’s (UCPB-CIIF) Finance and Development Corp. (CocoFinance) and

MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman on Thursday afternoon filed plunder and graft cases against Sen. Jinggoy Estrada before the Sandiganbayan. After this move, an arrest warrant is expected to be issued against Estrada anytime soon. Plunder is a non-bailable case and carries a penalty of life imprisonment. Once jailed, Estrada could only

ILOILO CITY — Police authorities in Western Visayas confiscated approximately 214 grams of suspected meth and arrested eight drug suspects during a series of coordinated operations over 24 hours. The anti-illegal drug sweep, conducted by the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) starting at 6 a.m. on Friday, May 27, yielded a total of P1,455,200 in

Reportedly, Pres. Bongbong Marcos does not like Jonvic Remulla’s recent performance President Bongbong Marcos is allegedly disappointed in Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla. Reportedly, the dismay that PBBM felt was because of Remulla’s failure to catch high-profile “fugitives,” and the most recent was Senator Bato dela Rosa, based on a ... Read more

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11-Year-Old Girl Injured After Being Attacked by Another Minor in Pampanga  An 11-year-old girl was seriously injured after she was allegedly attacked and stabbed by another minor in Barangay Paralaya, Arayat, Pampanga.  According to police reports, the incident was first brought to the attention of authorities by Barangay Captain Crispin Polo Cruz at around 5:40 p.m. on ... Read more

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CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Philippines may need to impose as many as five interest rate hikes this year to tame inflation pressures worsened by rising global oil prices and a weakening peso, according to a top executive of BDO Unibank Inc. Speaking during the Cebu Economic Briefing of the Sy-led bank, Ritz Ocampo, its

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine customer experience and business process management sector is expected to sustain its growth momentum in 2026 despite mounting global economic and political uncertainties, industry leaders said. The contact center-business process management (CC-BPM) industry is projected to grow by 5.31 percent to $35.7 billion this year, from an estimated $33.9

LUCENA CITY, Quezon — The local government of Taytay, Rizal, has urged residents to take necessary precautions after the town recorded a heat index of 51.07 degrees Celsius on Thursday. In an advisory posted on its Facebook page at around 11:15 a.m., the Taytay Public Information Office (PIO) said the municipality’s heat index, or “real

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Residents in Calapan City were urged to take extra precautions Thursday after the heat index reached 42 degrees Celsius, placing the city under the “danger” classification, according to local authorities. Based on the latest Heat Index Advisory issued at 11 a.m. on May 28, 2026, the monitoring station at the

MANILA, Philippines — Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island was seen emitting ash on Thursday, state seismologists said. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the ash emission began at around 6 a.m. as captured by the camera of Kanlaon Volcano Observatory in Canlaon City. According to Phivolcs’ advisory, “This event generated grayish plumes