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GSIS will refund more than P19 billion in loan payments to 1.37 million members.

Price Tracker lists the latest Metro Manila benchmark prices compiled from available reported figures.

Malacañang warned it would pursue legal action against individuals spreading false claims of an “energy lockdown” as soaring fuel prices and tensions in the Middle East fuel public anxiety.

Taiwan has announced new guidelines allowing households to hire migrant domestic helpers, with as many as 1.2 million households expected to require nanny and household service workers under the new policy.

The Supreme Court (SC) will start romorrow the oral arguments on the petitions challenging the legality of unprogrammed appropriations and special accounts in the national budget.

To cushion the Philippines from global fuel supply shocks triggered by the Middle East conflict, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson is pushing for “extreme” measures – ranging from a temporary state takeover of energy operations to joint oil exploration with China.

A tropical cyclone is expected to form this month, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has said.

A group of retired Philippine foreign service officers proposed to the government a comprehensive policy approach to the simmering issues the country faces in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

Malacañang intends to file charges against peddlers of false information aimed at exploiting the energy-related issues stemming from the Middle East conflict.

The Department of Agriculture has established a food security task force to closely monitor and respond to disruptions in agricultural supply, prices and trade caused by the energy emergency and geopolitical tensions in key export markets, according to DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.

In a statement on Sunday morning, April 5, the PCG said that it monitored 195,257 outbound passengers and 167,690 inbound passengers.

Quevedo described the Easter Vigil mass as "the most beautiful liturgical celebration in the whole year" and "the mother of all vigils,” citing St. Augustine, saying that it centered on three core images: darkness, light, and salvation. 

“Easter is a nonviolent battle against hatred and hostility." 

Price Tracker lists the latest Metro Manila benchmark prices compiled from available reported figures.

Former officials and employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will no longer have to return P92 million worth of funds allotted for salary increases, which the Commission on Audit (COA) previously flagged as unauthorized, the Supreme Court ruled.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development is taking legal and protective actions against a barangay official in Camarines Sur, following allegations of harassment and abuses committed by his two sons against several children, DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian said on Wednesday.

Filipinos should brace for smaller size pan de sal and smaller servings of rice in eateries as prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and kerosene continue to rise, Senior Citizens party-list Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes warned on Thursday.

With the global oil crisis deepening and highlighting the country’s heavy dependence on imported petroleum products, Speaker Faustino Dy III is renewing his push for alternative and indigenous sources of energy that are readily available in the country.

A Chinese research boat was spotted operating illegally in the Philippines’ eastern waters, particularly in the potentially oil- and gas-rich Philippine (Benham) Rise.

Around 200,000 job opportunities abroad for returning overseas Filipino workers are being prepared by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), as the total number of repatriated OFWs from the Middle East exceeded 4,000.