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Removal of rice import quotas within power of President: Palace

MANILA – Malacañang on Monday defended the decision of President Rodrigo R. Duterte to scrap rice import quotas, a system that the President has said is the source of corruption. “The scrapping of...

No order from President to stop release PDEA’s narco list: Palace

MANILA – Malacañang on Monday clarified there was no order from President Rodrigo R. Duterte to stop the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) from releasing the names of barangay (village) officials...

Palace: Deployment ban to Kuwait stays until MOA signed

The deployment ban to Kuwait stays until a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the minimum terms and conditions of employment of Philippine nationals in Kuwait is reached or signed, Malacañang announced...

Lifting of deployment ban hinges on ‘fate’ of PH-Kuwait MOU

MANILA -- Until a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the protection of Filipino workers in Kuwait is signed, the deployment ban on new workers to the Gulf state stays, Malacañang said...

DOH, DSWD distribute food, hygiene packs to Manila fire victims

MANILA -- Some 800 people were rendered homeless when a fire hit Oroquieta Street in Santa Cruz, Manila last Friday. To lessen the troubles the fire victims are facing at the moment, the...

Duterte not lifting CPP-NPA’s terror group tag yet

MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said he is not yet lifting his proclamation tagging the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) as a terror organization. “Not yet,” Duterte answered...

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