Latest in AFPThe Commission on Elections (COMELEC) said the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections generally peaceful, saying isolated incidents were addressed quickly and that the commission’s sworn commitment—as in the 2025 national elections—of no failure of…
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) will serve as the coordinating body for a whole-of-nation approach to supporting the incoming elected Bangsamoro government, bringing together the DSWD, DOH, DOST, DOLE, DepEd, AFP, PNP, Coast Guard, and civil…
The Philippine government declared the first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao parliamentary elections generally peaceful and successful Monday, despite isolated incidents reported in Cotabato City, Al-Barka in Basilan, and Maluso being addressed by the police and state security…
The revised Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization program receives ₱50 billion in the Marcos administration’s proposed 2027 national budget, up from ₱40 billion in the 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA), Budget Secretary Kim Robert De Leon said Saturday. Likewise, De Leon said…
The Marcos administration’s proposed 2027 national budget sets aside ₱73.67 billion to fund the higher subsistence allowance for all 583,000 military and uniformed personnel, on top of a 5% base pay increase and a ₱2,000 monthly personnel economic relief allowance for all government workers…
Reservist applications for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have tripled in recent intake, with doctors, lawyers, and cyber specialists now serving alongside traditional roles as “force multipliers” in a redefined concept of military service that extends well beyond combat, the military…
The superintendent of the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) backed a proposal for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to issue an executive order automatically classifying the country’s approximately 400,000 active seafarers as military reservists, modeled after the United States’ “7th Service”…
The Senate is pushing for the swift release of executive funds for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of earthquake-hit areas in Mindanao, with Senate President Win Gatchalian computing that around ₱180 billion remains available for response and reconstruction efforts. Gatchalian made the…
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, a former chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), invoked a classic criminal investigation framework in weighing in on the shooting incident inside the Senate building on Wednesday night, May 13, pointing investigators toward whoever had the means, opportunity…
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Wednesday, January 14 said he received information indicating that former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan deliberately submitted inaccurate data on flood control projects to Malacañang, which later…
It was a moment thick with irony: even as the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) digs into irregularities that involve members of Congress, resigned commissioner Rogelio “Babes” Singson said the commission must now rely on the same institution for the budget and powers it never fully…
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