FORMER Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte said he takes full responsibility for his government’s war on drugs, as he braces for a legal battle at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The ...

THE farmgate price of palay (unmilled rice) fell 18.9% year on year in February to an average of P20.29 per kilogram, after rice imports hit record levels last year. The Philippine Statistics ...

THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said P100 million each was granted to 23 community-based organizations in the 7th Operational Phase of the Global Environment Facility Small Grants ...

THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) said that it will send delegates to observe the Philippines’ midterm elections in May, as it seeks to provide an assessment of the country’s election, its embassy in Manila ...

The National Tobacco Administration (NTA) announced that Virginia tobacco has started trading operations for the cropping season 2024–2025, following the opening of the buying stations in Region 1 and ...

THE Department of Trade and Industry  said it hopes to increase funding allocated to develop the film industry next year. “We are still reviewing. The budget (season) is approaching,” Trade Secretary ...

THE SUPREME COURT (SC) on Thursday gave the government 24 hours to comment on a lawsuit seeking the release of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte from the International Criminal Court, which is set ...

THE Tariff Commission said it hopes to complete the safeguard duty investigation into cement imports by June. At a preliminary conference on Thursday, the commission said it hopes to submit the formal ...

ELECTRIC cooperatives should disengage from politics in this year’s midterm elections and instead focus on improving their services, an energy advocacy group said on Thursday. “Leading up to the 2025 ...

THE National Dairy Administration (NDA) said it plans to open five stock farms by April to help expand the dairy cattle herd. Each of the stock farms will initially hold 50 head of dairy cattle, NDA ...

Australia’s top universities said on Thursday the Trump administration had cut US funding to some of its researchers and asked others who receive US government financial support to prove their work ...

Five alleged drug personalities were caught at an alleged drug den in Barangay Curifang, Solano town in Nueva Vizcaya, late Wednesday evening. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives in ...