The Philippine Statistics Authority reported Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, that the number of jobless Filipinos went down to 1.89 million in September this year from 2.26 million last year. Photo shows jobseekers at a mall in Davao City for the "Handog ng Pangulo: Serbisyo Sapat Para sa Lahat" job fair. PNA PHOTO BY ROBINSON NIÑAL JR.

Jobless rate eases to 5% in March

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MANILA — The number of unemployed Filipinos fell to 2.58 million in March 2026, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Wednesday, although rising underemployment...
Residents in Barangay Travesia, Guinobatan, Albay, one of the villages reeling from Mayon Volcano’s ashfall, line up for free potable water amid a shortage of supply in the area. MICHAEL B. JAUCIAN | INQUIRER LUZON

Phivolcs warns of continuing Mayon hazards under Alert 3

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MANILA — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Monday warned of sustained volcanic hazards as Mayon Volcano remains restive under Alert...
Lawyer Manases “Mans” Carpio (right), husband of Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio, appears before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office on April 27, 2026 with his counsel, Peter Paul Danao, to file a complaint against officials of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Anti-Money Laundering Council, and House lawmakers over disclosures on his finances during hearings related to the impeachment of his wife. PHOTO BY GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE | INQUIRER

Sara hubby claims ‘bank glitch’ for disputed P2-B transaction

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MANILA — The camp of Second Gentleman Manases Carpio moved to debunk allegations of billions of pesos in suspicious bank transactions, asserting that the...
Press freedom advocates protest the detention of Tacloban City-based investigative journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who now holds the record for the country’s longest-imprisoned journalist on “bogus terrorism-related grounds.” INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

PH press freedom rank up but media still at risk

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MANILA — The Philippines now ranks 114th in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index, slightly higher than the previous year’s 116, even as the...
Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio raises serious questions about impartiality and due process regarding the impeachment complained filed against her.

VP Sara questions ‘predetermined’ impeachment narrative

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MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio on Tuesday challenged the apparent certainty expressed by some lawmakers that her impeachment will proceed, warning that such...
NO JOKE. Akbayan party-list’s Cong. Dadah Kiram Ismula arrives by jet ski at Pag-asa Cay 2 (Sandy Cay) on Sunday, May 3, 2026, and raises high the Philippine flag. This was the Atin Ito activist coalition’s fourth mission to the West Philippine Sea, challenging China’s trespassing into Philippine waters. PHOTO FROM THE ATIN ITO COALITION

China condemns civilian landing in West PH Sea

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MANILA — China has condemned a Philippine civilian-led landing on a disputed reef in the West Philippine Sea, escalating tensions as Filipino organizers defended...
Only 106 votes, or a third of the 318-member House of Representatives, are needed to send the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio to the Senate, which will sit as an impeachment court. If convicted, Duterte-Carpio could be removed from office and banned from public office for life.

House panel greenlights impeachment push vs Sara

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MANILA — The impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio moved a step closer to trial after the House Committee on Justice found sufficient...
Thick volcanic ash covers streets, disrupting visibility and movement in affected Albay towns as of Sunday, May 3, 2026. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology HAS confirmed pyroclastic density currents, or fast-moving flows of hot gas and volcanic debris, on Mayon’s slopes. CHRISTOPHER ORBETA / PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER

Mayon volcano unrest affects over 100,000 people

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MANILA — More than 100,000 residents in Albay have been affected by the continuing unrest of Mayon Volcano, prompting the government to intensify emergency...

SC voids Duterte firing of Deputy Ombudsman

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MANILA — The Supreme Court (SC) has nullified the Duterte administration’s dismissal of former Overall Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang, declaring that the Office...
“I object to any peace talks with the New People’s Army. The Filipinos are at peace. They are the ones disturbing the peace. So, why should we talk to them,” says Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro. MARIANNE BERMUDEZ, PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER

Teodoro junks NPA peace talks, calls insurgency ‘terrorism’

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MANILA — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. has rejected renewed calls for peace negotiations with the New People’s Army (NPA), declaring there is no...
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