His Eminence, Pablo Virgilio S. Cardinal David, D.D., Bishop of Kalookan. Photo from CBCP MANILA, Philippines — A Church leader has added to growing criticism over the increase in the budget of ...

The Bicameral Conference Committee on the 2026 national budget has approved a P51.645-billion allocation for the Medical Assistance to Indigent ...

The Department of Health’s (DOH) controversial health aid program had its budget increased to P51 billion at the bicameral ...

ON Dec. 6, massive traffic jams choked major thoroughfares like EDSA, C5 Road, Marcos Highway, and Katipunan Avenue, bringing ...

The Senate did not slash the 2026 budget for social amelioration programs, but it did adopt requests of government agencies, ...

Maintaining excessive supplies would also entail additional costs on the part of the government in terms of manpower and warehouse space—both resources that “could have been better used to support ...

More than 500 urban poor residents and housing rights advocates on Tuesday marched to the National Housing Authority (NHA) ...

Water bill discounts await low-income beneficiaries under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s Expanded Pambansang Pabahay ...

AFD randomized trial shows that structured electronic food vouchers significantly increased food spending, dietary diversity, ...

The Social Housing Finance Corp. (SHFC) and the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office (MWSS RO) team ...

A Filipino domestic helper has been hailed as a hero after emerging from the deadly Hong Kong tower fire with her employer's ...

THE Senate Committee on Finance has approved a P6.6-billion addition to the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) to support poor students in college. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate ...