Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla has reimbursed Vice Mayor Jeryll Harold Respicio of Reina Mercedes, Isabela for the cost of the drug test conducted on the municipal official.

 Inflation likely picked up in September as higher fuel and food prices, weather-related supply disruptions and the peso’s weakness reversed four straight months of easing, economists said. A poll of 13 economists conducted by The STAR yielded a median forecast of 6.7 percent for September inflation, higher than the 6.1-percent print in August.

Almost six in 10 Filipinos feel free to openly speak even against the government, a survey conducted by Social Weather Stations showed.

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) conducted a public hearing on the proposed memorandum circular governing the importation, dealership, accreditation, labeling and sale of refurbished and used mobile phones, tablets and other customer premises equipment.