MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has crafted a strategy to realize President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s goal of selling rice to consumers at much cheaper prices than the current average of P39 a kilo.
During the campaign, Marcos Jr. vowed to bring down the price of rice to P20 a kilo, which agricultural stakeholders claimed was impossible because the cost of producing, marketing and shipping the staple alone has substantially increased.

MANILA, Philippines — Restive Mount Bulusan in Sorsogon had 29 volcanic earthquakes in the last 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Monday.
The 29 quakes were recorded from 5:00 a.m. Sunday until 5:00 a.m. Monday.

The Philippines will send one of its two guided-missile frigates to the world’s largest naval exercise involving about 25,000 personnel from 26 countries at the end of the month.

MANILA, Philippines — A group of scientists, engineers, and science and technology advocates countered the claim of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) would solve the country’s energy crisis and make way for rapid industrialization.

MANILA, Philippines — Logistics bottlenecks and raw material shortages, exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, are disrupting global supply chains, affecting everything from consumer goods to car sales.

MANILA – The Philippines on Saturday logged 199 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, based on the Department of Health’s latest tally dated May 28. The new cases brought the country’s total COVID-19 caseload so far to 3,690,055. Of the new cases, 97 come from Metro Manila.

MANILA, Philippines — Search and rescue operations continued for seven fishermen who remained missing after their boat collided with a cargo ship some 300 kilometers east of Palawan province on Saturday afternoon, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Sunday.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte signed a new law to put in place a new repository for Cagayan de Oro’s culture, art, historical, and religious heritage.

MANILA (UPDATE) – The Philippines’ daily new COVID-19 cases were up 9.9 percent and the number of severe and critical patients increased in the previous week, the Department of Health said Monday.

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s new president and vice president will be proclaimed by Thursday, at the latest, as Congress starts its “nonstop” canvassing of votes on Tuesday afternoon at the House of Representatives complex in Quezon City.