Vice president-elect Sara Duterte-Carpio is qualified to lead the country's education department, her spokesperson said Friday in response to a lawmaker's remarks that education experts should helm the agency instead. 

Workers in Metro Manila will be receiving an additional P33 to their current daily pay after the capital's Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board granted the minimum wage hike this week, the Labor department said on Saturday. 

Former president and Pampanga congresswoman-elect Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Saturday that she is endorsing Majority Leader Rep. Martin Romualdez (Leyte) as the next House Speaker in the 19th Congress. 

The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco, which covers 10 states in America, has recorded its highest voter turnout yet, as there were 19,680 Filipino-Americans who cast their ballots in this year's elections. 

Israel applauded the Philippines for exercising democracy in its elections, days after other countries noted the "smooth and peaceful" conduct of the 2022 polls. 

"We lost the battle but not the war."

The Philippine National Police yesterday denied any acts of profiling protesters who participated in a rally at the office of the Commission on Elections days after the elections, saying no such orders were given to police officers.

The overwhelming mandate given to presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is seen to pave the way for the country to achieve inclusive economic growth, presidential adviser for entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said.

The Office of Vice President Leni Robredo has expressed its readiness to work with the next administration to make the transition as smooth and orderly as possible.

The Commission on Elections, acting as the National Board of Canvassers, has already canvassed almost 80 percent of the 173 certificates of canvass for senator and party-list groups, making it closer to proclaiming winning senators and party-list gro...