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Economy
OFWs, balikbayans, and travelers — your last-minute pasalubong game just leveled up. Duty Free Philippines Corporation (DFPC) has opened a brand-new store at NAIA Terminal 3, located between Bays 6 and 7 of the arrival area, giving passengers instant access to luxury goods the moment they land. The store, which opened
Politics
The first day of Rodrigo Duterte's ICC confirmation of charges hearing was brutal — and the former president wasn't even there to hear it. ICC Deputy Prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang told the court that Duterte was "at the very heart" of a systematic plan to
Politics
Before President Marcos Jr. took office, February 25 — the anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution that toppled his father's dictatorship — was observed as a special non-working holiday every year. Schools closed, offices shut down, and the nation paused to remember. Not anymore. Since 2024, Marcos Jr.
Politics
Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa has been a ghost in the Senate — literally nowhere to be found since November 2025, and his colleagues are starting to lose patience. Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson confirmed on Saturday that senators are now "talking about what
Politics
The Palace wasn't having it. Malacañang on Monday fired back at Nicolas Kaufman, former President Rodrigo Duterte's lead defense lawyer at the ICC, after he suggested during the pre-trial hearing that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had conspired with unnamed individuals to funnel witnesses to the international
Politics
The House of Representatives officially referred all four impeachment complaints filed against Vice President Sara Duterte to the Committee on Justice on Monday, formally kicking off what could become one of the most politically charged proceedings of 2026. The latest — and fourth — complaint was filed just last Wednesday by lawyer
Nation
Get ready to look up, Pilipinas — a total lunar eclipse is happening on March 3, and PAGASA says it will be fully visible from Metro Manila and other parts of the country. The celestial show will last about an hour, giving Filipinos a front-row seat to one of nature'
Nation
The Bureau of Immigration has nabbed yet another Chinese national with the surname "Guo" — and yes, the Alice Guo comparisons are writing themselves. This time, it's 48-year-old Guo Jinjin, arrested on February 17 in Barangay Tawala, Panglao, Bohol, for pretending to be Filipino. According to BI
Economy
The Maharlika Investment Corporation just put a relatively young gun in charge of where the Philippines' sovereign wealth fund money goes. Kheed Nielsen Ng has been named Chief Investment and Operating Officer of MIC, making him the principal technical authority on how the country's first-ever sovereign wealth
Nation
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. just opened the government's wallet wider than ever for local governments, bumping the Local Government Support Fund to a historic ₱58 billion for 2026 — a whopping ₱34 billion increase from last year's allocation. Speaking at the launch of "Sa Bagong Pilipinas,
Politics
Senator Erwin Tulfo is scheduled to sit down with Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan on Monday to try and ease the escalating war of words between Philippine senators and Chinese embassy officials over the West Philippine Sea. The meeting, set for 11 a.m. at a hotel in Manila, comes after
Nation
If you’re a student in Metro Manila, good news: a massive wave of class suspensions has been announced for Wednesday, February 25, as the country commemorates the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution. Major universities have declared academic holidays — Ateneo de Manila called it a ‘University Holiday’