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Senate majority bloc backs budget purge

by Neil Jayson Servallos - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

The Senate majority bloc is backing a planned purge of the House-approved 2027 national budget bill riddled with “corruption-prone” insertions, with Sen. Panfilo Lacson giving assurance that no one would...

Prosecution eyes turnover of VP Sara’s tax cases to BIR

by Delon Porcalla - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

The House prosecution panel plans to turn over tax documents of Vice President Sara Duterte and companies linked to her husband Manases Carpio to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), for the possible filing of tax...

Lapid’s son gets DPWH post

by Rainier Allan Ronda - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Giovanni Lopez has appointed Maynard Lapid, a councilor of Porac town in Pampanga and son of Sen. Lito Lapid, as DPWH assistant secretary.

Court of Appeals justice to courts: Be accessible during work hours

by Ghio Ong - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

While there is no rule mandating a no-noon break policy in the judiciary, an associate justice of the Court of Appeals (CA) reminded courts to ensure they are readily available to the public during their...

President Marcos visits father’s tomb

by Alexis Romero - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

President Marcos opted not to join the influx of people visiting cemeteries on All Saints’ Day, preferring to visit the tomb of his late father and namesake ahead of the observance.

NFA cuts palay handling time, costs

by Josiah Antonio - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

The National Food Authority (NFA) has substantially reduced palay handling time and costs in a pilot test of one-ton bags, replacing conventional 50-kilogram sacks in a system that could speed up grain procurement,...

Philippines welcomes US MRF-SEA deployment

by Pia Lee-Brago - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

United States Marines and sailors from the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) are deploying to the Philippines for the sixth iteration of the Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia (MRF-SEA).

Comelec OKs renaming 2 political groups

by Christine Boton - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has approved the registration of a new local political party in Biñan, Laguna and the change of names and acronyms of two political groups ahead of the 2028 national and...

Cardinal slams AI use to bring back the dead

by Evelyn Macairan - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

As the nation remembers the dead, Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David of Kalookan has raised questions on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in creating images that seem to bring the dead back to life.

Filipino artworks to ignite Spain’s Prado Museum

by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

The single largest collection of works by Filipino old masters will wow the world when it opens at Spain’s national museum, the Prado, in November 2027. Conceived by the Prado itself, the exhibit will showcase...

Lacson on Bato manhunt info: Shhh

by Neil Jayson Servallos - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

As Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa continues to ignore an ultimatum for him to peacefully surrender, authorities were cautioned yesterday against publicizing details of ongoing efforts to capture the l...

President Marcos urged: Outline measures amid weakening peso

by Delon Porcalla - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

President Marcos should take clear and concrete steps to arrest the peso’s continued depreciation against the US dollar and prevent the further erosion of Filipino’s buying power through soaring inflation...

Unknown fallen troops honored

by Pia Lee-Brago - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. led the military in honoring the heroism of fallen troops who lost their lives to conflict, but remain unidentified due to the circumstances of their deaths.

Philippines, UAE partnership for oil storage facility sought

by Neil Jayson Servallos - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

The government is courting the United Arab Emirates to build a strategic oil storage facility that can transform the Philippines into a regional energy hub and cushion domestic consumers from global price volat...

Up to 2 tropical cyclones expected this month

by Josiah Antonio - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

Up to two tropical cyclones are expected to enter or develop inside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) this month, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said ...

Dignity in dying

by Ana Marie Pamintuan - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

This year I lost my mother. It was heart-wrenching to watch the vivacious woman I knew wither away before my eyes, physically and mentally, her memories so degraded she could no longer recognize her children.

Lucrative laundering business

by Cito Beltran - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

The laundry shop business is certainly booming. But recently another kind of laundry service has been booming too – it is money laundering with impunity.

How we serve the smallest must be our measure of success

by Joey Concepcion - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

SGV: Eight decades of excellence

by Jose Dalisay - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

I’m not an accountant and never took an accounting subject – I couldn’t tell you the difference between “book value” and “equity” if my life depended on it – but as...

Delicadeza, anyone?

by Marichu A. Villanueva - November 2, 2026 - 12:00am

An old Filipino word delicadeza is a borrowed Spanish word referring to a sense of propriety, moral integrity, discretion and decency.

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