MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has nullified a Government Service Insurance Corp. (GSIS) resolution that stripped secondary beneficiaries of survivorship benefits on behalf of members who died with less than 15 years of service in government. In a decision on Feb. 24 and made public only recently, the high tribunal’s Third Division declared ultra

MANILA, Philippines — The share of local government units (LGUs) from national tax collections in 2027 will increase by 11 percent to P1.32 trillion, with President Marcos expected to highlight the “nonpartisan, formula-based” basis of this allotment in his fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona) on July 27. “As a former local executive official

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Army has held back 12 trainees from graduating and becoming the newest members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (Cafgu) Active Auxiliary (CAA) following allegations some members of the batch were assaulted by an instructor on Monday night. The 12 were among 200 civilian volunteers who were set to

TALACOGON, AGUSAN DEL SUR, Philippines — Thousands of mourners joined the final sendoff on Wednesday for Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia, the Ateneo de Manila University rookie and rising basketball star from Mindanao whose life was cut short by drowning during a team-building activity in Aurora province. Many from the huge crowd in the funeral Mass

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday that it recorded 2,177 cases of leptospirosis nationwide from Jan. 4 to June 6 this year, higher by 6 percent compared to the 2,046 cases during the same period in 2025. Most of the victims, the DOH said in a statement, were farmers in

MANILA, Philippines — The Earth continues to send clear signals about the need for urgent climate action through rising seas, higher temperatures, and increasingly frequent extreme weather. As these global challenges are debated in international summits, a quiet but critical response is also emerging in classrooms along Philippine coasts. Through the Junior Sea Guardian Project

TUGUEGARAO CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Super typhoon “Francisco” (international name: Mekkhala) might have brought rains to northern Luzon, but the downpour hardly made a dent to fill the receding water level at Magat Dam in Ramon, Isabela. “Negative so far as we even have an average of 80-centimeter recession of water daily due to lack

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines — Over two weeks after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Mindanao, authorities in Sarangani and Davao Occidental provinces are dealing with several rivers whose natural course was altered by landslides and shifts in land surface, forming artificial dams or lakes. Aside from changing river courses, the strong quake on June 8