NEW YORK CITY – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will formally ask Congress to grant him emergency powers to reduce excise tax on petroleum products amid the crisis in the Middle East, Malacañang said on Sunday (New York time). In a media interview here, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said the Department of Energy (DOE) would submit

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ fisheries sector produced fewer fish in 2025 than in the previous year, according to new data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), continuing a decline in output across several key subsectors. Preliminary data from the PSA’s Fisheries Situation Report showed that the country’s total fisheries production reached 3,956,913.39 metric