MANILA, Philippine — In step with increasing fuel prices, jeepney groups are now asking for a P2.50 increase in the minimum fare. The transport party-list group 1-UTAK, whose member-groups account fo…

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate may not be able to pass the bill extending a component of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program before it expires days from now, Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel…

MANILA, Philippines–The National Association of Electricity Consumers for Reforms has filed before the Department of Justice a complaint of large-scale estafa against the Manila Electric Company (Mer…

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has picked a new head of its law department after its two chiefs were killed last March and November. The poll body's spokesman, Jame…

MANILA, Philippines – President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo may soon announce her choice of new poll officials to fill up three vacancies at the Commission on Elections (Comelec). This is according to …

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Philippines — Fourteen Vietnamese fishermen were arrested Friday afternoon by members of the City government’s enforcement arm Bantay Dagat and PNP Maritime while fishing in Phi…

MANILA, Philippine — Filipino consumers already battling to cope with record rice and fuel prices can expect to pay more for beef and pork, media reports said Saturday. Beef and pork prices have alre…

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine flags that have seen better days should neither be trashed nor burned, an environmental group said. In a statement, the Ecowaste Coalition said that flags, especial…

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government has begun an investigation into reports that rice prices in some areas in Mindanao have more than doubled. Reports indicate that grain costs have rea…

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) are backing a measure that seeks to create the Commission on Climate…