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Filipino youth have been winning in math contests, given our significant Chinese genetics and the Xavier schools of the Jesuits. Yet for the past several days, the whole world of Filipinos became an arithmetic class for Grade 3 students. What is 2/3 of 24 senators? 16. What if a senator has died in the meantime, what is 2/3 of 23? …

The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte appears ready to begin another legal circus aimed at undermining the Senate impeachment court after a majority of senator-judges voted to lower the threshold required for conviction. The Vice President’s lawyers have only one legal anchor: the Constitution. It provides the two-thirds requirement for conviction, and they are expected to seize on that …

EBITDABy DIEGO C. CAGAHASTIAN Buried in the news pages of newspapers last week was an interesting item on the Spring 2026 Attitudes Survey of the US-based Pew Research Center. It was about behavioral patterns, political sentiment and attitudes, across various age groups in the Philippines, particularly on the issue of China. According to the survey, there is a striking age …

The Philippines is making a major push to rediscover its oil and gas potential, reviving large-scale government-funded exploration mapping for the first time in about four decades. The Department of Energy (DOE) is investing nearly ₱2.8 billion in new geophysical surveys covering about 120,000 square kilometers across the Agusan-Davao and Visayan basins, hoping better data will draw private investors back …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday called for closer links among government research, private manufacturing and local agriculture to strengthen the country’s food supply while improving nutrition and creating stable markets for farmers. Marcos made the call during his inspection of Nutridense Food Manufacturing Corporation in Barangay Malanay, Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan, where technologies developed by the Department of Science and …

The Department of Energy (DOE) is studying a coal-blending facility that could expand the use of locally produced Semirara coal in Philippine power plants and reduce the country’s dependence on imported fuel. Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said the proposed facility could allow locally mined coal to be blended with other grades to meet the specifications of power plants that were …

The Philippines should tap the economic potential of its vast maritime domain to drive growth, strengthen supply chains and secure resources for future generations, Department of National Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said last week. Teodoro described the “blue economy” as one of the country’s keys to sustainable development and prosperity, citing the Philippines’ geographic advantage as an archipelagic nation. …

A ₱74.4-million rice processing facility in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija is set to give some 4,060 farmers easier access to modern drying and milling equipment, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Thursday. The DA inaugurated the Rice Processing System (RPS) III facility, funded through the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Mechanization Program, in Nueva Ecija, the country’s top rice-producing province. …

The government is moving closer to a possible reduction or suspension of fuel excise taxes as soaring global oil prices continue to drive up pump prices in the Philippines. The Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) is finalizing its recommendation on possible fuel tax relief, Malacañang said Thursday, following a formal certification from the Department of Energy (DOE) that Dubai crude …

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has accepted the House of Representatives’ decision to defer its budget as lawmakers press for answers over long-standing concerns involving Meta. In a statement Thursday, the DICT said it respected the House leadership’s position and supported its advocacy on online child protection. DICT Secretary Henry Aguda submitted to the House’s exercise of …