Consumer safety alert: Ban toxics detects lead, cadmium in some school supplies
AS retailers begin to display various school supplies for early back-to-school shoppers, the toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics urges consumers to exercise extra caution when purchasing these items. The group…
Speaker Dy receives over one million signatures backing universal social pension for senior citizens
MORE than one million signatures calling for the urgent passage of a Universal Social Pension bill for all senior citizens were formally turned over to House leaders on Monday, as…
DA reopens Belgian poultry imports after bird flu review
THE Department of Agriculture has lifted its temporary ban on poultry imports from Belgium after Philippine veterinary authorities concluded that the European nation had established sufficient safeguards against High Pathogenicity…
PBBM urges Presidential Scholars to pursue studies for nation’s future
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday encouraged beneficiaries of the Presidential Scholarship Program in Obando, Bulacan, to study hard and make the most of the government’s educational assistance. President…
House trial spox Zia Alonto Adiong urges whole of society to band together, fact-check impeachment disinformation
HOUSE trial spokesperson Zia Alonto Adiong on Saturday called on civil society groups, the academe, media institutions, churches, and independent fact-checkers to work together in combating the growing wave of…
Speaker Dy: House remains focused on mandate, public welfare as 38 bills move forward
A little over two weeks after calling on lawmakers to act “with purpose, discipline, and resolve” upon the resumption of session, House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III on Friday…
Palace declares May 27 as a regular holiday for Eid’l Adha observance
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. issued Proclamation No. 1264, declaring May 27 as a regular holiday throughout the country in observance of Eid’l Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice. The…
PBBM issues EO increasing minimum access volume for pork imports to stabilize supply, prices
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has issued Executive Order No. 116, increasing the minimum access volume (MAV) for pork meat in 2026 from 54,210 metric tons (MT) to 204,210 MT…
DILG to follow DOJ order to arrest Senator Bato
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said it will follow the directive of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to arrest Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa. This was…