MANILA: Senator Francis Pangilinan leaned into his microphone and fired off numbers in pesos: 50 million? 10 million? 100 ...

The Department of Health proposes a provision to direct much of the MAIFIP funding toward expanding the zero-balance billing program in local government-run hospitals ...

THERE is nothing extraordinary about the Culiat area in Quezon City. Like most urban sprawls, it is a mix of residential ...

Warning that it entrenches patronage politics and undermines the country’s health insurance system, at least 72 medical and ...

Earlier this month the World Bank said it had lowered its growth forecast for the Philippine economy. Initially, the projection was 5.4% in 2026 and 5.5% in 2027. Its downgraded forecasts are now 5.3% ...

In a nation where hate has been allowed to spread and immigration is ruled by the misleading mantra of diversity, restricting ...

Tingog party-list Rep. Jude Acidre has pushed back against claims that government medical assistance programs are being used as political patronage, arguing that such aid has become necessary due to ...

FINDING ANSWERSMany did not see it coming. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. — heir to one of the most enduring political dynasties in the country — has ...

THE PHILIPPINES is haunted — not by spirits, but by the ghosts of warnings ignored and promises broken. For decades, scientists and global institutions sounded the alarm: climate change would bring ...

The happenings and news in this year 2025 in the Philippines have been dominated by three letters in the alphabet which are, C, E, and I. It is almost a daily fare in the main and social media, and it ...

The measures being tackled seek to penalize false content, force transparency in social media algorithms, and dismantle organized troll farms ...

Budget and Medicaid battles between the governor and legislature, and within the legislature, will continue into 2026.