MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reminded the public, primarily content creators, that disrespectful comments toward persons with disabilities (PWDs) have legal consequences. The DSWD late Wednesday issued a warning after Machong Chismisan podcast hosts made comments about Joshua “Josh” Aquino, the eldest son of television host Kris Aquino, who

Dr. Anas Alhajji joins host Tushar Shetty to examine how the Hormuz crisis is reshaping global energy markets – and the overlooked impact of the loss of Russian and Kazakh supply.

SAN ANTONIO, Zambales — The municipal government of Candelaria, Zambales will implement a four-day workweek and a temporary work-from-home (WFH) arrangement for government personnel beginning on October 19 to address “the prevailing extreme heat and rising fuel prices,” Mayor Byron Jones E. Edquilang said in a memorandum. Under the new arrangement,  municipal employees will work

TUGUEGARAO CITY — A village watchman had rescued and then turned over a juvenile northern Philippine hawk-eagle to the Sanchez Mira town’s Tourism and Information Office in Cagayan, the municipal government reported on Wednesday (Oct. 14). Village watchman and farmer Melvin Camua of Callungan village caught the starving bird, which had been eating chicks inside

MANILA, Philippines — Students, faculty, and staff were ordered to evacuate the University of the Philippines Diliman’s Palma and Malcolm halls on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 15, due to an unconfirmed and unspecified threat. In a post by the university’s publication SINAG, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs sent an emergency alert directing

MANILA, Philippines — National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag on Thursday detailed three more alleged properties of Vice President Sara Duterte that were supposedly misdeclared in her Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN). In a press conference on Thursday, Matibag mentioned properties in Davao and Paranaque City supposedly belonging to the

MANILA, Philippines—Senior citizens rights advocate and lawyer Romulo Macalintal on Thursday said that the mandatory 20-percent discount for senior citizens could only be waived if an establishment’s promotional price is approved by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Macalintal stressed this in calling for a clarification of the recent Supreme Court ruling on a