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MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed former Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. as Cabinet secretary, Palace press officer Claire Castro announced on Wednesday. Castro said Abalos, who served as chief of the Department of the Interior and Local Government from 2022 to 2024, is set to take his oath of office before

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Rodante Marcoleta, who is facing plunder charges over P75 million in allegedly undeclared campaign funds, remains under observation at the Philippine National Police (PNP) General Hospital while awaiting the results of his medical examination as part of the booking process. According to the PNP Health Service, Marcoleta, who experienced chest pains

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas grid under a yellow alert from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8, as a string of power plant outages narrowed the system’s safety margin during peak evening demand. Available capacity stood at 2,641 megawatts (MW) against a

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As pickleball continues to enjoy a meteoric rise across the Philippines, one issue has persisted in Cebu’s rapidly growing community: the absence of a standardized local ranking system. Without an official database to accurately classify players based on skill level, tournaments have often been marred by protests over mismatched divisions, allegations

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) Region 7 is tapping the Learning Continuity Spaces (LCS) to help prevent learning disruptions caused by natural disasters and classroom shortage. The initiative comes as public schools across Central Visayas continue to face a shortage of about 10,000 classrooms. DepEd-7 earlier reported that Cebu lacks 8,287

TUPI, South Cotabato – A 16-year-old student was taken into police custody on Tuesday after he was allegedly caught carrying a 9mm pistol before entering a public school here, a police official said Wednesday. Maj. Rovi Jardenil, chief of the Tupi Municipal Police Station, said a concerned citizen informed authorities about a student displaying a

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) on Wednesday committed to providing more jobs of better quality as it highlighted the “resilience” of the Philippine labor market following the release of the May 2025 labor force survey. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Wednesday reported that the number of unemployed Filipinos rose to

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has reappointed lawyer and law professor Nesauro Firme as the Judicial and Bar Council’s (JBC) regular member representing the academe for a fresh four-year term. Marcos will lead Firme’s oath-taking at Malacañang on Wednesday, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said in a briefing. The president first appointed Firme

MANILA, Philippines — Prosecutors in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial is not prioritizing efforts to lower the conviction vote threshold, its legal spokesman said on Wednesday. In a media briefing, lawyer Benjamin Tolosa, Jr. said the prosecution team is focused on building a strong case against Duterte and not engaging in “vote counting,” but

MANILA, Philippines – In an interview with Inquirer.net on Wednesday, prosecution spokesperson Benjamin Tolosa Jr. discusses what to expect on the third day of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial. /dp READ: LIVE UPDATES: Impeachment trial of VP Sara Duterte | July 8, 2026