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SWS: 33% of Pinoys 'very happy' with life

By Kristine Daguno-Bersamina

A third of adult Filipinos consider themselves “very happy” with life while slightly fewer say they are “very satisfied,” according to the latest Social Weather Survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. inspects the prefabrication plant of Concrete Stone Corp. in Mariveles, Bataan, which produces modular building components such as walls, floors and roofing to speed up the construction of classrooms on March 19, 2026.

Gov’t eyeing more subsidies to cushion oil price hikes — Marcos

By Kristine Daguno-Bersamina

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WATCH: Possible impact of the US-Iran war on the Philippines

By Martin Ramos

‘Means the world to me’: Eala raves about her overall progress

By Ralph Edwin Villanueva

PAGASA retires 7 cyclone names after destructive 2025 season

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Marcos recycles Loyzaga, swears in Frasco

Marcos recycles Loyzaga, swears in Frasco

By Alexis Romero | 15 hours ago

Former environment secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga has returned to the Marcos administration as special envoy for disaster...

DPWH suspends reduced prices on construction materials materials

DPWH suspends reduced prices on construction materials materials

By Ranier Allan Ronda | 15 hours ago

The skyrocketing prices of oil and basic commodities caused by the escalating conflict in the Middle East is supposedly also...

Eala trounces Siegemund to kick off Miami Open campaign

Eala trounces Siegemund to kick off Miami Open campaign

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SM opening 90th Philippines mall

SM opening 90th Philippines mall

By Richmond Mercurio | 1 day ago

SM Prime Holdings Inc. will open its 90th mall in the country on March 20, boosting further its retail presence in Minda...

Ex-DPWH exec Alcantara, contractor Santos dropped in Bulacan graft, malversation cases

Ex-DPWH exec Alcantara, contractor Santos dropped in Bulacan graft, malversation cases

By Ian Laqui | 22 hours ago

In a message to reporters on Thursday, March 19, Department of Justice Spokesperson Polo Martinez said that Alcantara and...

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Bobe Salahog soaks in the moment after outlasting the field in a wind-whipped, final-hole thriller to capture low medal honors at the Philippine Golf Tour Q-School at Splendido Taal.

Salahog rules windy Q-School thriller

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Power issues take center stage in GenSan meeting

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Ron Angeles, label to pursue legal case on leaked private videos

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Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Patrick Gregorio with Cebu Gov. Pam Baricuatro.

PSC chief sees sports tourism as 'pillar of national development'

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Homes earn their names when they mean something to their owners through design choices made with purpose.

Architect, interior designer give tips for 'intentional living' spaces

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Alpha Bah starred in LPU-Bâ��s sixthÂ win in 10 games, scoring nine of his game-high 18 points in the payoff period against CEU.

LPU-Batangas shocks CEU to enter UCAL quarterfinals

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Dottie Ardina of the Philippines looks on from the seventh green during the second round of The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican 2024 at Pelican Golf Club on November 15, 2024 in Belleair, Florida.

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Iran fires at Israel after Netanyahu boasts of war gains

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Joy Barcoma (center) is crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2025 at the coronation night held in Okada Manila in ParaÃ±aque City on August 10, 2025. The other winners are Maria Flordeliz Mabao of Antipolo City is named Miss Philippines Air, Jaymie Strickland of the Filipino community in Tallahassee, Florida is Miss Philippines Fire, Angel Rose Tambal of La Paz, Leyte is Miss Philippines Water, and Kriezl Jane Torres of Talakag, Bukidnon is Miss Philippines Ecotourism.

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Dirty money black hole

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In 2026, everybody is afraid of being canceled. Personally, I...

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ine of 24 Cabinet members, more than one-third, are unconfirmed...

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‘Dagdag-bawi, barya’ fare hike

by: Marichu A. Villanueva

The President’s suspension of fare hikes was – for...

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DPWH suspends reduced prices on construction materials materials

The skyrocketing prices of oil and basic commodities caused by the escalating conflict in the Middle East is supposedly also driving up the cost of delivery of construction materials and operating equipment, causing Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon to temporarily suspend the lowered Construction Materials Price Data (CMPD) he set last November to bust the so-called built-in overprice of infrastructure projects of the Department of Public Works and Highway.

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Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026 to announce her presidential bid in the upcoming 2028 elections.

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The next House hearing on the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte may become the first full live public airing of the initial evidence behind the complaints, Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua said yesterday.

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Former Bulacan 1st Disrtict engineer Henry Alcantara attends the House Infra Comm's first hearing on anomalous flood control projects on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025.

Alcantara to testify vs Co

Henry Alcantara, a former district engineer of the Bulacan regional office of the Department of Public Works and Highways and now state witness, will testify in the trial of the malversation case against resigned lawmaker and now fugitive Zaldy Co and 15 others in connection with the alleged substandard P289.5-million flood control project in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro.

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Former DPWH district engineer Henry Alcantara is accompanied inside the Senate complex in Pasay on Jan. 21, 2026 for his transfer to a detention facility at the Department of Justice.

Ex-DPWH exec Alcantara, contractor Santos dropped in Bulacan graft, malversation cases

In a message to reporters on Thursday, March 19, Department of Justice Spokesperson Polo Martinez said that Alcantara and Santos were dropped as respondents by “virtue of their admission as state witnesses under the Witness Protection Program.”

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'We just asked for a peso': Transport groups slam fare hike suspension

Transport groups slammed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s decision to suspend the approved fare hike for various land vehicles, saying they had only asked for a P1 increase—a request made even more urgent by the ongoing fuel crisis.

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