MANILA, Philippines – The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) has scored the “hypocrisy” of groups claiming to champion the poor while allegedly discrediting Iloilo’s Barangay Development Program (BDP). This came after Bayan-Panay, in a statement issued on Oct. 15, cited the Commission on Audit’s (COA) 2025 audit report on the

Guide on USD to PHP Exchange Rate Today, Wednesday, October 21, 2026 – How Much You Will Get? USD TO PHP – You can check out the exchange rate between United States (US) Dollar to Philippine Peso today, Wednesday, October 21, 2026. Countless Pinoys are employed abroad for several years now in the pursuit to ... Read more

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Phivolcs Releases Bulletin about the Earthquake in Davao Occidental, October 21, 2026 EARTHQUAKE – The Phivolcs recorded a 4.0 magnitude quake in Davao Occidental today, October 21, 2026. Here are the details. Following the 4.2 magnitude earthquake that previously hit Davao Occidental, another significant quake was recently recorded by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and ... Read more

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NEW YORK, United States — Duncan Robinson scored 21 points to spark a fierce second-half fightback and the Detroit Pistons beat visiting Boston 121-113 on Tuesday in the opening game of the 2026-27 NBA season. Cade Cunningham and Jalen Duren led Detroit with 22 points each while reserve Javonte Green added 19 points and Ausar Thompson

This is the Daily Gospel of October 21, 2026, which is the Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time. READ MORE Daily Gospel, October 20, 2026 Daily Gospel, October 19, 2026 This is the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to Saint Luke 12, 39-48. Jesus said to his disciples: “Be sure of this: if

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has struck down key provisions of the 2024, 2025 and 2026 national budgets for violating constitutional limits on government spending, ruling that Congress cannot increase the President’s total recommended appropriations while emphasizing that unprogrammed funds are not unconstitutional per se but must be subject to strict safeguards. In a

MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla claimed on Tuesday that arresting Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who has been ordered arrested by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for being a coperpetrator in former President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war, could lead to 10,000 deaths. This is reason the government is negotiating for his surrender, Remulla

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is expanding access to selected first-line antituberculosis (TB) medicines through its Guaranteed and Accessible Medications for Outpatient Treatment (Gamot) program. The expanded benefit will take effect on Nov. 1, giving eligible patients additional access to prescribed TB medicines, according to PhilHealth Circular No. 2026-0018. “Eligible patients

MANILA, Philippines — A college degree in biology, earned only two years ago at that, is not the kind of credential that usually comes to mind when filling a ranking position on the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP). A fashion pictorial with the Eiffel Tower in the background hardly makes for convincing optics

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte was a no-show at the budget hearing of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) at the Senate on Tuesday. OVP Chief of Staff Atty. Zuleika Lopez, along with other staff members, were in attendance instead to defend the office’s P785.2 million proposed budget for 2027 before the