The chief executive will be out of the country until Saturday, September 24. He is scheduled to deliver the Philippines’ national statement at the afternoon session of the High-Level General Debate on September 20.

Subject to the canvass of the provincial board, 99.27% or 707,651 have voted in favor of dividing the province into Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur. Only 0.73% or 5,206 voted against the measure. 

Registered deaths, births and marriages in the country showed year-on-year declines in the period from January to May, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.

Generally fair weather is expected over most parts of the country today as Super Typhoon Josie moves further away from the Philippine area of responsibility.

Teaching general education subjects in senior high school instead of in the first two years of college can be a better way of developing critical thinking among Filipinos, according to Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual.

The Department of Agriculture will work on a set of comprehensive implementing rules and regulations for the rice allowance for government workers.

The president of the United States would “really like to meet” President Marcos when they both visit New York next week to attend the United Nations General Assembly.

Motorists may see a bigger reduction in diesel prices than previously expected, as well as a slight rollback in gasoline prices this coming week.

The country’s third monkeypox case has finally recovered, according to the Department of Health.

Hundreds of volunteers joined a mass cleanup drive along the coast of the polluted Manila Bay, including the Dolomite Beach, to mark International Coastal Cleanup Day yesterday.