MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is optimistic that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will sign an executive order setting a P50-per-kilogram price ceiling on imported rice before the end of April. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the order could be issued within the month, citing the President’s support for the proposed

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Bohol Provincial Government has decided to lead by example and do away with costly celebrations this year, during a time of economic uncertainties caused by the Middle East crisis. Governor Erico Aris Aumentado said he ordered the cancellation of the Governor’s Cup, an annual basketball competition that started in 2023,

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate blue ribbon committee looking into the anomalous flood control projects has put off its April 14 hearing, pending the submission of a sworn affidavit by former Gov. Luis “Chavit” Singson and the signing of its partial report by at least five more members of the panel. Until now,  only four members have

As of 2 a.m. on Thursday, April 9 2026, the Tropical Depression (formerly LPA 04a) is being monitored within the monitoring domain of Pagasa – Photo from DOST-PAGASA / Facebook. MANILA, Philippines — A tropical depression spotted outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) may enter the country’s monitoring area next week and will be

CEBU CITY, Philippines – In every licensure examination in the Philippines, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) releases the Top 10 examinees. However, there are times when a label “name withheld” appears on the list.  A topnotcher’s name may be temporarily excluded if their examination papers are under review, according to the PRC Resolution No. 2010-547,

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Amid ongoing fuel price hikes, Cebuano students carried out a simple act of kindness to ease some of the burden of public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers.  Ramayana Roxas, a law student from the University of San Carlos, started the initiative of giving free lunches to jeepney drivers after seeing online posts

This is the Daily Gospel for April 9, 2026, which is the Thursday of Easter week. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, April 8, 2026 Daily Gospel, April 7, 2026 This is the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to Saint Luke 24, 35-48. The disciples of Jesus recounted what had taken place along the way, and how

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s Commission on Population and Development (CPD) has called on a national “rethinking” of how the Philippines should take advantage of the “demographic sweet spot” it has enjoyed the past few years, particularly since fertility rates have begun to slow down. The CPD called on more substantive planning and investments focused

MANILA, Philippines — Who is SBR? The identity of an individual who proposed a P100-million flood control project in Pandi town, Bulacan province, a couple of years ago and who used only the initials SBR, on Wednesday raised questions from a justice of the Sandiganbayan. At the resumption of the antigraft court Third Division’s bail

MANILA, Philippines — The Diocese of Kalookan apologized to the public on Tuesday after the Parish of the Immaculate Conception in Malabon was found to have been cruel to a creation of God during a parochial event on Easter on April 5. The diocese released an apology after the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) expressed