The country’s overall balance of payments (BOP) position posted a surplus of US$627 million in March 2019, a reversal of the US$266 million BOP deficit recorded in the same month last year. Inflows in March 2019 stemmed mainly from the National Governm…
MANILA President Rodrigo R. Duterte said he would not think twice about replacing officials of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) for failing to address the water shortage in Metro Manila.Duterte, in a speech during the PDP-Laban c…
MANILA The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday reminded candidates running for national and local positions in the May 2019 mid-term polls that campaigning is prohibited on Maundy Thursday (April 18) and Good Friday (April 19).Commissioner Lu…
MANILA MalacaAang on Monday confirmed President Rodrigo R. Duterte vetoed a measure meant to give survivorship benefits to the children of deceased retired members of constitutional bodies Commission on Audit, Civil Service Commission, Commission on El…
MANILA A Manila court has turned down the motion filed by beleaguered online news publisher Rappler Inc. executive editor, Maria Ressa, on a cyber libel complaint filed against her and the news agency’s former writer, Reynaldo Santos.In a 10-page order…
MANILA There are no immediate reports of casualties following the 6.8 magnitude earthquake, which hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island on Friday night.However, the Philippine government continues to monitor its aftermath despite the lifting of the tsunami w…
MANILA Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Friday said he will support a presidential veto of the entire PHP3.757-trillion national budget for 2019.Sotto was reacting to President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to veto the entire 2019 budget if his legal …
