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MANILA - President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has earned praises from several lawmakers for his efforts to bring down sugar prices. This was after Robinsons Supermaket, SM Supermarket, and Puregold Price Club heeded Marcos' call to offer sugar to their consumers at a lower cost. Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez' series of talks with owners of the country's leading supermarkets resulted in the agreement to reduce sugar prices to PHP70 per kg. Reacting to the latest development, San Jose...

THIRD MEETING. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Tuesday (July 19, 2022) presides over his third Cabinet meeting at Malacanan Palace's Aguinaldo State Dining Room. Marcos and his Cabinet are expected to discuss basic education, social welfare, and other matters of national interest. (Screengrab from RTVM's official Facebook page) MANILA - President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Tuesday met with his Cabinet at Malacanan Palace to discuss plans aimed at ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday expressed shock and deep sadness over the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. "It is with shock and deep sadness that I learned of the passing of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo," Marcos said in a statement posted on his official Facebook account late Friday night. Abe, 67

(L-R) Senatorial aspirants Rodante Marcoleta, Robin Padilla, Salvador Panelo, Rey Langit, and Greco Belgica (File photo) MANILA - Senatorial aspirants Salvador Panelo and Rey Langit on Tuesday acknowledged their defeat in this year's elections. This, after partial and unofficial count of the poll results showed that Panelo and Langit failed to enter the top 12 of the senatorial race. "The people have spoken, and it behooves everyone to accept the verdict," Panelo said in a press st...

(File photo) MANILA - Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi on Friday sought reconciliation with Senator Aquilino Pimentel III for the sake of the ruling party, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). Following the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruling that the officers and members of the Cusi-led faction are the "true and official" members of the PDP-Laban, Pimentel said they will file a motion for reconsideration and labeled the other group as "fake" members...

HAPPY TIMES. Ambassador Jose "Chito" Sta. Romana joins the Filipino community for a group photo when he visited Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2017. The envoy also served as the non-resident Philippine Ambassador to Mongolia. (Photo courtesy of DFA) MANILA - Philippine Ambassador to China Jose Santiago Sta. Romana has passed away, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday. He was 74. "The Department of Foreign Affairs offers its sincere condolences to the family and loved one...

(PNA file photo) MANILA-Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Ano on Tuesday dismissed a report issued by the US State Department that Philippine security forces are involved in human rights violations. "The DILG denounces the US State Department's 2021 Country Report on Human Rights Practices released recently on the alleged abuses by security forces in the Philippines as the Report is sweeping, rhetorical, and unfounded," he said. Ano said the US re...

HAPPY TIMES. Ambassador Jose "Chito" Sta. Romana joins the Filipino community for a group photo when he visited Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2017. The envoy also served as the non-resident Philippine Ambassador to Mongolia. (Photo courtesy of DFA) MANILA - Philippine Ambassador to China Jose Santiago Sta. Romana has passed away, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday. He was 74. "The Department of Foreign Affairs offers its sincere condolences to the family and loved one...

(Photo from Earth Hour FB page) MANILA - Malacanang on Saturday enjoined the entire nation to participate in the Earth Hour, an annual global movement that aims to raise awareness on climate change and other environmental concerns. In a press statement, acting Presidential Spokesperson and Communications Secretary Martin Andanar asked the public to turn off their lights from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. "Today, March 26, 2022, we celebrate Earth Hour," Andanar said. "Let us switch off a...

Former vice president Jejomar Binay (left) and Senator Richard Gordon (right) (File photos) MANILA - Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Tuesday denied reports that former vice president (VP) Jejomar "Jojo" Binay and Senator Richard "Dick" Gordon have been dropped from the party's senatorial slate. "It is not true that we are dropping much less have removed ex-VP Jojo Binay and Sen. Dick Gordon from our senatorial slate. As far ...