House targets to pass 2025 budget by Sept. 25

MANILA – The House of Representatives is targeting the approval of the proposed PHP6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 on the third and final reading by Sept. 25, a House leader said on Thursday.

House Appropriations Committee senior vice chair …

DA provides P96-M postharvest facilities to Quirino farmers

MANILA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) on Thursday inaugurated a rice processing facility and turned over several machineries worth a total PHP96 million that is …

8 rescued from sinking pump boat off Surigao City

BUTUAN CITY – Eight passengers were rescued after their pump boat began sinking off the coast of Surigao City on Wednesday, the Philippine Coast Guard in Surigao del Norte (PCG-SDN) said.

In a statement Thursday, the PCG-SDN said the pump boat, MBCA…

PAGCOR: No plans to revive e-sabong

MANILA – Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) Chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco said the government has no plans to revive online sabong (cockfighting) operations.

“I want to make this clear, and ulitin ko po ito. Wala pong marching …

NEDA: Gov’t to enhance infra, promote human, social dev’t

MANILA – The government is committed to enhancing critical infrastructure, promoting human and social development, and strengthening community resilience against environmental hazards to achieve the nation’s long-term vision of a strongly rooted, com…

Formerly NPA-infested Leyte town declared rebel-free

BURAUEN, Leyte – This town, known in the past as a hotbed of insurgency in central Leyte, has been declared Thursday as completely free from threats of the New People’s Army (NPA).

Through a resolution of the municipal peace and order council and th…

Comelec starts hardware test on poll count machines, other devices

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has started the Hardware Acceptance Test (HAT) on the automated counting machines (ACMs) and other devices that will be used in the May 2025 midterm polls.

Comelec chair George Erwin Garcia said Thursda…