Category: General

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday expressed optimism about meeting its target of 1.48 million registered overseas voters for next year’s midterm elections.

‘(We have) a lot of expectations still sa (in the) remaining days of …

TACLOBAN CITY: Military troops unearthed a rifle and magazines belonging to the New People’s Army (NPA) in the mountain of Old Union village in Sta. Rita, Samar.

Lt. Col. Eduardo Meclat Jr., commander of the Philippine Army’s 63rd Infantry Battalion,…

MANILA: Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. sees stronger defense ties between the Philippines and Vietnam with the coming visit of his Vietnamese counterpart.

Teodoro said Vietnamese Defense Minister Gen. Phan Van Gia…

MANILA: The national government’s budget deficit went down by 39.67 percent in July as revenue growth surpassed the increase in spending, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said.

Data released on Wednesday showed that the budget deficit during the mont…

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has committed to strengthening the bilateral ties between the Philippines and Cambodia.

Marcos met with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok Chenda Sophea at the Malacañan Palace on Tuesday where he emphasized…

MANILA: The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said 15 more medicines for cancer, high cholesterol, hypertension, and mental illness are now exempted from value-added tax (VAT).

In a statement on Wednesday, the BIR said Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. i…