President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday ordered the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to strengthen its regulatory powers on small and large-scale mining to ensure the strict implementation of safety and health programs for workers.

"We will continue to rally our allies and partners again, unlawful and irresponsible behavior when the international rules based order is threatened somewhere is threatened everywhere,” US Vice President Kamala Harris said.

The Partido Federal ng Pilipinas was displeased over the supposed snubbing of their members for government appointments.

In a statement, Masungi called the pronouncements made by Department of Environment and Natural Resources officials during the agency’s budget hearing last week “libelous, irresponsible and baseless.”

“There was no so-called blocking of the course of a Philippine Navy boat and forcefully retrieving the object at the scene," the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines said in a statement.

The justice department issued the statement after PAO chief Persida Acosta filed a motion accusing the National Prosecution Service of bias and conflict of interest because Jesse Hermogenes Andres is an undersecretary with the DOJ.

United States Vice President Kamala Harris is headed to Puerto Princesa in Palawan, where she will meet with civil society leaders and the Philippine Coast Guard. 

While businesses have started bouncing back from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, several shocks have recently hit the global economy, such as the war in Ukraine, heightening inflation and slowdown in growth.

The Philippines remains at “medium” risk to corruption, based on a report released by the Global Risk Profile (GRP), a leading Swiss-based company specializing in third-party risk management.

Overseas Filipino workers set to receive P1 billion in back wages and separation pay from the Saudi Arabian government are advised to be wary of fake middlemen.