MANILA, Philippines — The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) will continue to bring rains over Palawan, and parts of Visayas and Mindanao while fair weather will be seen over the rest of Luzon on Wednesday, according to the state weather bureau.  In the 5 a.m. weather forecast of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration,

MANILA, Philippines — Former Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and his wife have been out of the country for days since Aug. 30, or days before his former security aide linked them to alleged cash deliveries, worth more than P3 billion, that he made to members of the Duterte family. National Bureau of Investigation Director Melvin

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology (Pidsog) is pushing three policy measures to improve access to maternal care, including the inclusion of recommended vaccines in Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth’s) antenatal care package. The group plans to develop a policy brief seeking the inclusion of tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has found several “unverifiable” beneficiaries in the senior high school voucher program of the Department of Education (DepEd), which resulted in an “overpayment” of P938,000 worth of government assistance. The existence of these beneficiaries could not be verified because they have either dropped out, transferred schools, did

MANILA, Philippines — The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued new rules to protect electricity consumers against double charging. In Resolution No. 30, Series of 2026, it imposed uniform rates on “Other Charges” that distribution utilities (DUs) may collect from customers. According to the ERC, “Other Charges” may generally be imposed only for specific customer-requested

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Third Division has dismissed the second motion of former Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. for its chair, Associate Justice Karl Miranda—the sole judge who denied his bail petition—to inhibit himself from his malversation case. In a resolution dated Sept. 24, the antigraft court said it denied the motion for lack

MANILA, Philippines — Transport group Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (Piston) on Tuesday kicked off its two-day nationwide strike, saying the removal of excise on petroleum products will have more impact on drivers than the P1 fare increase. Piston president Mody Floranda said the additional P1 to the minimum fare is