Weather
PAGASA has officially retired seven tropical cyclone names from its regular list after the deadly and damaging 2025 storm season. The names being removed are Crising, Emong, Mirasol, Nando, Opong, Tino, and Uwan — a clear sign of just how hard those weather systems hit the country. The weather bureau said
Politics
Vice President Sara Duterte has been formally invited by the House Committee on Justice to attend a March 25 meeting that will set the ground rules for the impeachment complaints filed against her. The session is meant to lay out how the case will move, including who will be called
Nation
A major change could be coming to Philippine classrooms next school year after the proposal to shift to a three-term school calendar got approval from the Department of Economy, Planning and Development. The plan was cleared during a council meeting chaired by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr
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Transport group MANIBELA is warning that a much wider protest could happen if the government fails to deliver on promises made to drivers and operators, adding fresh pressure to the already tense fuel price situation. According to The Manila Times, MANIBELA chairman Mar Valbuena said the group held back from
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Metro Manila motorists are getting a little more breathing room, at least on this stretch. The MMDA said it will keep its new traffic management scheme at the Quezon Avenue-Araneta Avenue intersection after a dry run showed faster travel times and better average speeds in the are
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Jeepney drivers in Cebu joined the nationwide transport strike on March 19, saying the latest fuel hikes have pushed their daily earnings to the edge and made it harder to provide for their families. Rappler reported that drivers who used to bring home at least around P900 a day are
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Here's a number that should scare you: around 40 million Filipinos — roughly a third of the country's population — are still relying on water sources that could be unsafe or compromised. That's the alarming figure from DENR Undersecretary Carlos Primo David, who says fixing the
Politics
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. just gave the Philippine Army its marching orders — literally. Speaking at the Army's 129th founding anniversary at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City, the President directed the military to speed up its transition from fighting domestic threats to defending the country from external ones. Under
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With oil prices going haywire because of the Middle East crisis, the Philippines is making a bold move — building its very first petroleum engineering research laboratory in Palawan, set to open on March 25 in Puerto Princesa. The Drilling Fluids Research and Innovation (DFRI) Laboratory is a collaboration between the
Economy
Here's a sobering forecast that the Marcos administration probably doesn't want to hear: the World Bank projects the Philippine economy will grow only 4.6% in 2026 — way below the government's own 5-6% target. And it gets worse, kasi the Middle East conflict could