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 »
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 »
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 »
The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) MIMAROPA will build a satellite laboratory and office in Coron to bring testing and monitoring closer to northern Palawan. Read more »
Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corp. is proposing water, farming, and livelihood programs for its partner communities ahead of an expected long drought. Read more »
