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The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised on June 8 the status of Mayon Volcano in Albay to Alert Level 3 after it showed an “increased tendency towards a hazardous eruption.”

More than 60.4 percent of 168 million known subscribers have registered their SIM cards, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology.

Amid protests in Paris after police killed a teenager during a traffic stop, the Philippine embassy in France has advised Filipinos to observe curfews that local authorities may impose.

The Commission on Elections is supporting the proposal of Sen. Francis Tolentino to have a law that will provide guidelines in postponing future barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections.

Oil companies are implementing a less than P1 per liter rollback in pump prices starting today.

Twenty-five newly promoted senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines are awaiting their confirmation when Congress resumes session on July 24, when President Marcos delivers his second State of the Nation Address.

The Office of the Vice President incurred P125 million in confidential expenses in 2022 while cutting down expenses on social subsidies such as medical and burial assistance for the underprivileged sectors by P147.56 million, the latest Commission on Audit report showed.

President Marcos is scheduled to convene the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council to discuss the government’s priority bills weeks before his second State of the Nation Address.

All 10 accused gunmen in the so-called Pamplona Massacre have now affirmed the recantation of their statements naming suspended Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. as the mastermind of the March 4 attack that killed former Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo and nine others.

Secretary Amenah Pangandaman of the Department of Budget and Management was named Public Servant of the Year among honorees of the Men & Women Who Matter list of the Asia Leaders Awards, held on June 26 at the embassy of Malaysia in partnership with Rising Tigers Magazine.

The Marcos administration is working with local government units to expand the national housing program, which seeks to solve the 6.5 million housing backlog in the Philippines.

"We believe that the bipartite mechanisms are still the best and most efficient way of increasing wages above the minimum wage levels," Labor Undersecretary Benedicto Bitonio Jr. said.

A House lawmaker is seeking the creation of a single industry authority within the Philippine bureaucracy that would regulate the railway industry and ensure its efficient management.

The OVP resorted to reimbursements due to its decision to immediately open satellite offices even without equipment, the Commission on Audit said. Sara Duterte launched these offices on the first day of her term as vice president.

Based on initial reports, the victim was sexually assaulted and “attacked with a bladed weapon” along Ylanan Street near the far-end of the UP Baseball Field, UP Diliman Chancellor Carlo Vistan told Philstar.com in a phone call.

The Department of Tourism on Monday terminated its tourism branding campaign contract with DDB Philippines, the contracted agency behind the newly launched “Love the Philippines” rebranded campaign of the country.

PUP was able to retain its top position as the school “where most employers source their candidates,” according to a new JobStreet survey. Meanwhile, UP is the leading school that companies “desire to join their team.” 

Kezia Lorraine Rosario, DOH’s action officer for the presidential directives on tuberculosis, said will improve medication adherence. 

Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said on Monday that workers’ daily wages need to be bumped up by an additional P100 for the country’s labor force to feel the actual impact of a wage hike amid the high cost of basic goods.

"These advertisements mislead consumers into believing that these celebrities are using and endorsing food and medicinal products that are actually unregistered before the proper health authorities," Sen. Estrada said.