MANILA: President Rodrigo Duterte has amended an executive order that would give government workers their salary increases even if the 2019 national budget bill has not been enacted, Malacañang said.

MANILA: A few days before his 74th birthday, President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that he was feeling tired and looking forward to the end of his presidency.

MANILA: Moro National Liberation Front Founding Chairman Nur Misuari has threatened to go to war if the proposed shift to a federal system does not push through, according to President Rodrigo Duterte.

MANILA: The Court of Appeals has denied Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV’s bid to stop the Makati court’s trial on the revived rebellion case against him.

MANILA: President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to fire Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) officials and terminate the contracts with two water concessionaires amid his outrage over their alleged failure to prevent the recent water supply interruption in Metro Manila.

ILIGAN CITY: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) declared the entire Mindanao as “Category Red Election Hotspot” in the run-up to the mid-term elections in May.

MANILA: Concessionaire Manila Water apologised to its customers for the unexpected water service interruptions that affected many households in Metro Manila and Rizal province.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY: Classes were suspended on Tuesday up to the senior high school level in South Cotabato, parts of Sarangani and in this city due to Tropical Depression Chedeng, which has already weakened into a low pressure area.

MANILA: The country’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court does not mean the preliminary examination into President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug crackdown has ended, the prosecutor of the Hague-based tribunal said.

MANILA: Tropical cyclone warning Signal No. 1 has been hoisted over nine areas in Mindanao as tropical depression “Chedeng” inches closer to the country on Monday.