Rice prices up 30 percent are hitting low-income households in Western Visayas hardest, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. Read more »
Drivers say repeated diesel price increases have halved their take-home pay, and a small fare increase doesn’t close the gap. Read more »
The Ministry of Labor and Employment gave cash and school supplies to children in the Special Geographic Area to keep them out of hazardous work. Read more »
The MVP Group and DSWD will deploy 16 electric Love Buses in Pampanga to improve transportation access for PWDs, women, and senior citizens while creating livelihood opportunities for PWDs. Read more »
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said there is no single solution to violence in Philippine schools as his administration weighs whether to support a blanket ban on minors’ access to high-risk online services. Read more »
A junk shop in Jolo, Sulu, was found storing a dangerous collection of old explosives after PCG ordnance experts recovered 93 unexploded projectiles, including a 500-pound World War II aerial bomb, from a scrap yard in Barangay Alat. Read more »
