“Pork barrel” began with a barrel of pork in a pre-Civil War USA, a practice of giving enslaved people a barrel of salt pork as a reward and requiring them to fight among themselves to get their share ...

Raffy Cabristante joined the SCMP in 2023. A journalist for more than a decade, he was previously a digital editor at ABS-CBN News in the Philippines, where he covered local politics, issues in the ...

With the looming end of the Biden administration, President Ferdinand Marcos on Wednesday received calls from Washington and Tokyo for the continuation of the Philippines-Japan-United States ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday ordered the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to restore the P400 million ...

Malacañang on Wednesday said it had no hand in the ousting of Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Elizaldy "Zaldy" S. Co as chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. Executive ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Wednesday ordered the Department of Budget and Management to use P400 million from his office’s contingency budget to fund the Department of Tourism’s (DoT) ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi on Wednesday sought President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s continued support for Japan’s ...

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. recorded a net satisfaction rating of +19 for December 2024, while Vice President Sara ...

In the heat of the country’s political climate, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. projects an image of calm, his actions ...

President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. vowed to provide sufficient funds for the National Irrigation Administration's ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s net satisfaction rating has dropped significantly in December 2024, based on the Social ...