Villar said land conversion is allowed and "if [developers] buy your land, they buy it [at an expensive price] and you can reinvest the money and you can make more money than planting on those lands."

“If ever there are budget cuts, definitely, the right of way acquisition will be affected. [...] Ibig sabihin po nun, kapag magkaroon po ng delays sa right of way and relocation of utilities, definitely, the construction and civil works will also s...

Sen. Raffy Tulfo is asking the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to act on reports of unauthorized and unlawful activities at Masungi Georeserve by using its proposed P13.95 million confidential fund in the 2023 budget.

Sen. Grace Poe is seeking a P56.7 million increase on the current P20.947 million allocation of Marina's budget for monitoring and enforcement of maritime regulations.

"Aside from Coast Guard officers, officials from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Department of Transportation, and local government units will board BRP Teresa Magbanua to listen to the Vice President's address," Bal...

The SC has ordered Badoy-Partosa to explain her posts on Facebook that also implied threats to shoot Judge Malagar and to bomb judges' offices.

"This observed spike in cases is mainly due to lower testing volume due to the recent holiday. Hospital utilization remained very low and the NCR remains at low risk at this time," he wrote. 

"The Philippines has always believed in the indivisibility and interdependence of all human rights. No other challenge demonstrates this better than climate change and its adverse and compounding impacts on human rights. Environmental rights defender...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Thailand where he is expected to discuss the situation in the West Philippine Sea.

The country has more than 2,000 new pharmacists, the Professional Regulation Commission announced yesterday.