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Metro Manila, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.  led the opening of a new segment of the Cavitex C5 Link, which is expected to significantly reduce travel time between Parañaque and Taguig and ease fuel costs for motorists. The segment is projected to cut travel time from up to one and a half hours to just around 15 minutes, while helping reduce fuel consumption as global oil prices remain elevated. “Malaking bagay ito… yung biyahe na dati isang oras kalahati, magiging 15 minutes na lang. Napakalaking bagay niyan dahil sa savings sa oras ng komyuter,” Marcos said on Monday, March 30. [Translation: This is a big thing… travel that used to take one and a half hours will now take just 15 minutes. That’s a huge savings in time for commuters.] The president said the project will help decongest smaller roads and improve connectivity across southern Metro Manila, linking Taguig,…

The Marcos administration is backing efforts both from fuel companies and national government agencies to secure oil supply amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, Executive Secretary Ralph Recto said Sunday, March 29.

Pope Leo said on Sunday, March 29, that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars and have “hands full of blood,” in unusually forceful remarks as the Iran war entered its second month.

The House justice committee may end its hearings on the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte by May, a vice chairperson of the panel said.

The Social Security System (SSS) said it is studying the feasibility of offering a loan moratorium for members and a condonation program for contribution penalties for employers as part of government relief amid rising costs driven by oil price shocks.