Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo announced that his department has closed online applications for its educational assistance program for indigent students as it can no longer accommodate any more registrants.

"Only those who can be models for our future generation should be given this honor,” says Edith Burgos, mother of disappeared activist Jonas Burgos.

The Supreme Court has ruled that “unpopularity and non-membership in a political party” are not sufficient grounds for the Commission on Elections to declare an aspirant as a nuisance candidate.

"Inday" (international name: Muifa) has intensified into a typhoon from a severe tropical storm, although it is still unlikely to directly affect the weather in the country.

To make National Teachers’ Month felt by all public school teachers, the Department of Education is giving each of them a P1,000 cash incentive this September.

President Marcos honored yesterday this year’s recipients of the Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos, who he said exemplified “beyond excellence” in their service to nation.

Another joint operation to inspect storage facilities resulted in the discovery of close to P1 billion worth of possibly smuggled or hoarded sugar in Bulacan yesterday.

President Marcos joined world leaders yesterday in mourning the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, whose reign of 70 years was the longest among English monarchs, saying the world has lost “a true figure of majesty.”

Pump prices are expected to go down for the second consecutive week, with reductions of more than P1 per liter seen for diesel and less than P1 per liter for gasoline.

The Court of Appeals has ordered the military to investigate and locate the case of the two missing labor organizers, who are allegedly kept inside their camp, as it issued a protective writ for the two.