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The Philippines’ biggest business and labor groups recently expressed growing discontent over the Marcos administration’s infrastructure corruption probe, citing slow proceedings and the perceived lack of genuine reforms since President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. first brought the issue to light last ...

The Philippines’ balance of trade in goods fell to a deficit of USD 3.54 billion (PHP 208.05 billion) in August 2025, the smallest in six months. Year-on-year, this translates to a 19 percent decline from the USD 4.4 billion (USD 258.60 ...

PSA recently published its Special Advisory on the All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day commemoration in the Philippines, collectively known as “Undas.” These dates are special non-working holidays in the Philippines, while Friday, October 31 was declared an additional ...

An encounter transpired between government forces, members of an armed group, and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front this morning, October 28, in barangay Tipo-Tipo Proper, Tipo-Tipo, Basilan.  The firefight began at around 7:00 AM today, involving the relatives ...

Trust and approval ratings for President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte both declined in the third quarter, according to top survey firms Social Weather Stations and Pulse (SWS) Asia. Vice President Duterte still enjoys higher trust and ...

The Philippines’ unemployment rate in August 2025 slightly decreased to 3.9 percent year-on-year, from 4 percent in August 2024. The month-on-month decline is more significant, coming from a three-year high of 5.3 percent in July 2025. The major month-on-month drop is ...

A bomb threat, which was later confirmed to be a hoax, led to the suspension of classes in all public and private schools and work in government offices in Caloocan City last week. While the prompt response of authorities was widely ...

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) recently confirmed on October 10 the presence of La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean since September. PAGASA previously raised their warning system from La Niña watch to La Niña alert on ...

The Japan-Philippines Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) entered into force last September 11 and its inaugural activity was held in Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu from October 7 to 11. Given the timing of the exercise, which focused on combined training exercises ...

Several pocket protests are expected to take place across various locations in the coming weeks, reflecting efforts of civil society groups to sustain initiatives that demonstrate the discontent of the public over widespread corruption in government infrastructure projects. Some group ...

Several parts of Luzon and Visayas were affected by successive tropical cyclones and monsoon-intensified rains in the past two weeks, bringing heavy rainfall and widespread flooding and resulting in infrastructure and agricultural damages. Twenty-seven deaths as a result of these tropical ...

The Philippines’ annual external trade in goods grew by 7.7 percent annually in July 2025 from the same period in 2024, owing to a 17.3-percent annual increase in exports driven mainly by semiconductor “frontloading” from the United States. Electronics-led export growth, fueled ...

Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) both trimmed their 2025 Philippine GDP growth forecasts to 5.6 percent, down from earlier projections of 5.9 percent and 6 percent, respectively. While still above the Asia-Pacific average ...

Changes were recently recorded in some Congress committee leadership and composition, following the resignation of Ako Bicol partylist representative Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co, and the admission of a returning member, new Gabriela Women partylist representative Sarah Elago. The Senate, on the other ...

Leyte 1st District Martin Romualdez recently resigned from his post as House Speaker in what administration allies regard as a move to regain the public’s trust in the lower chamber, as the new independent commission investigates anomalous flood control and other ...

Leyte 1st District Martin Romualdez recently resigned from his post as House Speaker in what administration allies regard as a move to regain the public’s trust in the lower chamber, as the new independent commission investigates anomalous flood control and other ...

The first half of 2025 saw a 23.8 percent decrease in foreign direct investment (FDI) net inflows at USD 3.4 billion (PHP 193.80 billion) from USD 4.5 billion (USD 256.50 billion) in the same period last year. Meanwhile, most recent monthly ...

The demonstrations on the 21st of September were generally peaceful with isolated incidents of violence, particularly in the areas of Mendiola and Ayala Bridge in Manila City. In total, more than 100,000 individuals of different political affiliations and socio-civic groups attended ...