The Judiciary is facing budget cuts in 2011 with Malacanang’s proposed budget for the judiciary adding up to P14.3 billion , less than half of the P27.1 billion the government branch is asking for.

A small population of rare Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) has been found in the coastal waters of Negros Occidental in Western Visayas.

Commuters who regularly take the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) will be receiving fare subsidies from the government totaling P7.3 billion, or P23,850 a year per passenger. The amount, slated for release in 2011, is 43 percent greater than the state's P5.1 billion "fare subsidy" to MRT c...

Mindanao is on full alert in anticipation of retaliatory attacks from the Abu Sayyaf after three of the terrorist group’s members were killed during in an encounter in Maimbung, Sulu at around midnight last Sunday.

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Jesus Verzosa has announced that he will be retiring by September 14, three months earlier than his original retirement date on December 25.

According to Senior Superintendent Agrimero Cruz, PNP spokesperson, Verzosa’s early retirement is part o...

The Philippine government is set to receive financial aid from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which approved on Thursday a USD400 million (almost P19 billion) loan to support programs for the poor.

The government has declared Eid’l Fitr (Feast of Breaking the Fast), marking the end of the Islamic observance of Ramadan on September 10, a non-working holiday.