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The shooting of two Japanese nationals in Malate, Manila on August 15 is ruled as a targeted attack with robbery as a secondary motive, according to investigating police authorities. The two arrested suspects of the attack were reportedly hired by ...

Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate have competed for a slice of the Congressional leadership pie, with the Duterte bloc emerging as the victors.  In this latest committee chairmanships race under the 20th Congress, PSA notes that members of ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of his state visit to India last week, made one timely pronouncement: the Philippines cannot stay out in an event conflict breaks out between Taiwan and China. The Chinese government ...

Three shooting incidents last week left a town vice mayor in Aklan and a high school teacher in Lanao del Sur dead, while a student in Nueva Ecija remains under critical condition. Local authorities are investigating the incidents but have since ...

In the morning of Monday, August 11, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported that two Chinese vessels collided in an area near Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal). The incident happened when the two Chinese vessels were chasing PCG vessel BRP (Barko ng ...

PSA notes that this year’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) focused significantly more on people-centric issues over high-level and industry concerns. Delivered last July 28, 2025, the president’s SONA covered areas like education and labor development, health and social welfare, ...

The Philippines will be imposed a 19-percent tariff in its export of goods to the US according to President Donald Trump’s new tariff plan to be implemented on August 7, 2025. This is the most recent update in the string of “Liberation Day” ...

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front has indefinitely suspended the final phase of the decommissioning of its 14,000 remaining fighters and 2,450 firearms amid frustrations over the national government’s unfulfilled commitments for livelihood programs under the 2014 peace deal. The national government ...

In recent months, PSA recorded some notable crime incidents that highlight the vulnerabilities of online delivery and ride-hailing platforms, which are being exploited by bad actors for theft and robbery. These include delivery scams, even if the victims booked their riders ...

Underemployment continues to be a labor concern as the rate for May 2025 settles at 12.9 percent.  Year-on-year the underemployment rate rose to 13.1 percent. Meanwhile, the unemployment statistics paint a better picture as this month’s rate is recorded at 4.1 ...

The Philippines is set to receive a tariff of 20 percent on August 1, according to an official letter addressed to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. from US President Donald Trump. The letter is part of a series of messages sent ...

Lithuania joins the Philippines’ growing list of security partners, with the signing of a defense cooperation agreement during a four-day visit of Lithuanian defense officials in the Philippines. According to the Philippine Department of National Defense, the agreement, formalized through a ...

With heightened global uncertainties, the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) recently revised its Philippine growth targets in the medium-term, with its 2025 target at 5.5 to 6.5 percent, pegged at 6 to 8 percent previously. Specifically, the DBCC cited the renewed conflict between ...

June 2025 inflation slightly quickened to 1.4 percent as recorded by the Philippine Statistics Authority. The latest figure is the most recent uptick in four months since consecutive slowdowns from February 2025. Year-to-date inflation average currently stands at 1.8 percent, still ...

Rapidly rising tensions between Israel and Iran spark concerns about potential major disruptions in the global oil trade following a series of ‘tit-for-tat’ missile strikes that began on June 13. Specifically, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz at the Persian ...

Rapidly rising tensions between Israel and Iran spark concerns about potential major disruptions in the global oil trade following a series of ‘tit-for-tat’ missile strikes that began on June 13. Specifically, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz at the Persian ...

The Philippines’ unemployment rate slightly inched to 4.1 percent in April 2025 from 4 percent in April 2024, while underemployment rate remains unchanged year-on-year as it stood at 14.6 percent April 2025. In terms of monthly figures, the April 2025 unemployment ...

In a surprising turn of events, the Senate acting as an impeachment court voted on June 11 to remand the Articles of Impeachment back to the House. The move was intended not to dismiss the impeachment complaint against Vice President ...