The Supreme Court declared the 2024 and 2025 national budgets unconstitutional and voided parts of the 2026 unprogrammed appropriations rules. Malacañang will seek reconsideration. Read more »
Sen. Kiko Pangilinan urged the government to consider a national state of calamity as El Niño farm damage and losses reached P8.57 billion, affecting over 288,000 farmers. Read more »
Pandemic-era relationships, financial pressures, and the Philippines’ lack of divorce law help explain the challenges young married couples face when seeking to end their marriages. Read more »
The Philippine Competition Commission fined six firms and their officers P1.76 billion over an illegal onion market allocation scheme, its largest penalty to date. Read more »
The heated council session ended with a long recess, a cut microphone, and a dispute over a P250-million versus P470-million waste plan. Read more »
Vice President Sara Duterte questioned whether the proposed 2027 national budget is being used to pressure senator-judges in her impeachment trial. Senate leaders and Malacañang rejected the allegation, saying there is no basis to link budget deliberations to the trial. Read more »
