Midterm polls, Marcos and Duterte rift cost Filipinos key reforms, analysts say
PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBANBy Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio, ReporterKEY POLICY reforms in education, health, and labor among other sectors have been “disregarded” as focus shifted to the 2025 midterm elections and the widening rift between two of the country’s most influential
Congress told to revisit wage-setting system, EPIRA reforms
STOCK PHOTO | Image by wal_172619 from PixabayBy John Victor D. Ordoñez, ReporterPHILIPPINE LAWMAKERS should review the country’s wage-setting system and consider amending the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) of 2001 when Congress resumes session on Jan. 13 to
OP gets P5B more for ASEAN Summit chairmanship in 2026
THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit is being held in Laos. — REVOLI S. CORTEZ/PPA POOLTHE Office of the President (OP) on Monday confirmed that it had gotten a P5-billion increase in the 2025 national budget as the
Magnitude 5.6 quake jolts Luzon
A MAGNITUDE 5.6 earthquake struck Luzon in the Philippines on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), GFZ said.Philippine seismology agency Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs)
BuCor frees 1,000 inmates
BUCORTHE Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) granted a fresh start to 1,000 prisoners released between November and December 2024, bringing the total number of convicts released this year to 7,707.In a statement on Monday, Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang, Jr.