Three eastern provinces and four in the Central Region could be inundated by heavy rain on the weekend, while some areas in Bangkok will also possibly face downpours, weathermen said on Friday.
Oct 9, 2026
MANILA, Philippines – Senate panel on agriculture, food and agrarian reform chairperson Sen. Kiko Pangilinan has sought an inquiry into low farmgate prices of hogs and chicken amid increasing production and feed costs. On Thursday, Pangilinan filed Senate Resolution No. 726 directing his committee to investigate ways to protect local producers’ profits and secure a
LUCENA CITY — Twenty-nine families, comprising 107 individuals, evacuated in Agoncillo, Batangas, after a minor phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal Volcano on Thursday evening. Citing the latest data from the evacuation center information board, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported Friday morning that the households, made up of 54 males and 53 females, have taken shelter
[Updated as of 11 a.m., Oct. 9, 2026] MANILA, Philippines — The arraignment of Vice President Sara Duterte on three counts of grave threats was postponed for the second time on Friday by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 98. This was confirmed by Duterte’s legal counsel Paul Lawrence Lim following Duterte’s personal appearance
MANILA, Philippines – The prosecution is expected to wrap up the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s testimony on the 37th day of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on Friday before calling forensic financial analyst and lawyer Alexander Cabrera to synthesize evidence in the case’s unexplained wealth allegations./dp READ: Highlights: Day 36 of Sara Duterte impeachment
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte appeared before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Friday for her arraignment on three counts of grave threats. Duterte is expected to be formally informed of the charges and asked to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty during the proceedings before Branch 98 of Quezon
China and the Philippines have traded accusations over a medical evacuation near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, as Manila reports a near-doubling of Chinese military and coastguard vessels around contested South China Sea features in September. The latest exchange centred on the evacuation on Thursday of an injured Filipino serviceman from the BRP Sierra Madre, a Philippine naval vessel grounded on Second Thomas Shoal decades ago. Known as Renai Jiao in China and Ayungin Shoal in the...
Senator-judge Risa Hontiveros on Friday claimed that a Ukrainian company that remitted funds to Cale88 Foods Corporation, one of the listed business interests of Vice President Sara Duterte"s husband, Manases Carpio, was possibly involved in money laundering.
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Two locally developed technologies for weather monitoring and waste management are moving closer to wider commercial and institutional use following agreements signed during a regional innovation summit on Oct. 8. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Mimaropa said the agreements, signed during the 2026 South Luzon Innovation and
The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it is proposing to boost grants for major transit projects by 10% in areas that have above-average marriage and birth rates and imposing strict deadlines to ensure projects remain on schedule.
What's in the RM459.8 billion spending bill which is RM40.6 billion larger than the last one.
LEGAZPI CITY — The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) in Bicol is adjusting planting schedules and irrigation strategies to help farmers cope with potential water shortages as El Niño threatens agricultural production. NIA Bicol Regional Manager Guadencio John De Vera said the agency is monitoring river conditions, particularly water discharge, to guide farmers on when to
Malacañang on Friday rejected Senator Alan Peter Cayetano's claim that the Marcos administration played a role in Senator Mark Villar's recent transfer to the majority.