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PhilHealth is committed to further expanding benefits for its members and said it will comply with the Supreme Court decision on the P89.9-billion fund transfer.

The controversial Alice Guo, the dismissed mayor of Bamban, Tarlac arrived at the Philippine Senate Monday, Sept. 9, wearing a bullet-proof vest for the continuation of the probe on the POGO.

Getting people to consume news these days is like trying to get them to eat broccoli: one needs to accompany it with cheese, or something a little more appetizing to make it palatable.  

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) allegedly accepted three mobile clinics from Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corporation. DSWD has had a clear policy since 2010 of not accepting donations from the tobacco industry.

PhilHealth should have used excess funds to add outpatient services that would directly benefit its members so there would be no reason to have it transferred to the national treasury.

Leachon criticized Herbosa for keeping quiet on the issue, citing a lack of transparency on the process that led to the decision to return PhilHealth funds.

Double gold medalist Carlos Yulo, bronze medalists Nesthy Petecio and Aira Villegas led the athletes who brought honor to the country in the recently concluded Paris 2024 Olympics in sharing their joy with the Filipino people and thanking them for their support.

The screenings of Jose Rizal and Bona are Cinemalaya’s tribute to the country’s cinema icons.

Anti-tobacco advocates are calling for a review of the vape law after the Supreme Court ruled that such products should be under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration.

"When youth are involved in matters relating to them or concerning them, decisions are better informed and hopefully, outcomes are more inclusive." —Sarah Jane Elago, former Kabataan Partylist representative (from UP IHR Human Rights Education in PH Public Forum)

Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said the formal naming of the five former and current PNP officials in Duterte’s drug war probe puts them in the “blue notice” of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).

The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) must focus on regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and deepfakes for campaigning in the 2025 elections, rather than content creation, which could be viewed as censorship.

The Marcos administration's efforts to rebrand to "Bagong Pilipinas" will be futile unless human rights issues are addressed, according to an alliance of human rights advocates.

An immediate ban on POGOs, underscoring of a bloodless fight against illegal drugs, and a reaffirmation of a commitment to defend territories in the West Philippine Sea are key pronouncements that earned President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. three standing ovations during his third SONA on Monday, July 22.

Outside, not so far from Batasang Pambansa, where the president delivered his third SONA, protestors braved the rain Monday to deliver their version of the state of the nation.Most prominent were placards shouting their demand for higher wages.

Drug-related deaths in the second year of Marcos Jr.’s administration have exceeded those documented by the Dahas Project in the previous year.

In Sacred Shores, Dengcoy Miel reflects on the idea of ownership, sovereignty, and territory amidst Filipinos’ seeming apathy to the issue.

Environmentalists are demanding that the administration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stop ignoring the rights of Indigenous People’s as it pursues infrastructure projects on ancestral lands.