The government should adopt a balanced fiscal strategy that prioritizes both spending efficiency and the optimization of existing tax structures to ensure long-term economic stability, according to former Finance Secretary Margarito B. Teves. Following the release of the Organisation for Economic...
Caloocan 2nd District Rep. Egay Erice on Monday described the alleged irregularities in the national budget as the “greatest heist” in the country’s history and called for a full investigation. During a press conference at Kamuning Bakery Cafe in Quezon City, on Monday, Feb. 16. Erice said...
For decades, the University of the Philippines Los Baños’ (UPLB) February Fair has been known not just as a week of music and festivities, but as a protest fair and a space where students assert that celebration and social responsibility can coexist. Born out of resistance during the Marcos...
Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos reported on Monday, Feb. 16 that eight priority measures under the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) have reached an advanced stage of progress at the House of Representatives. According to Rep. Marcos, these...
Colonel Audie Mongao, a Philippine Army (PA) official who posted on social media his supposed withdrawal of support from President Marcos Jr., will face a general court martial (GCM), a senior military official revealed on Monday, Feb. 16. Lt. Gen. Antonio Nafarette, PA commanding general, said he...
With four of its top cops tagged as co-perpetrators in the drug war-related crime against humanity case before the International Criminal Court (ICC), the current Philippine National Police (PNP) leadership vowed to institutionalize policy reforms anchored on strict adherence to police operational...
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong has welcomed the move to prioritize a bill seeking to reset the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Adiong, chairman of the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms, was referring to...
The daily commute is a good barometer of the Filipinos’ well-being. What they experience in the everyday grind of earning a living depicts their endeavor to attain an ever greater measure of self-respect and dignity for themselves and their families. President Ferdinand R. Marcos’ remarks...
PEACE BY PEACE When I learned that United States President Donald Trump had sent a personal letter to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. inviting the Philippines to be part of the proposed Board of Peace, I felt a profound sense of pride. I told myself that our country’s experiences in...
The Marcos Jr. administration is eyeing four priority areas for purely privately funded and implemented projects for inclusion in its infrastructure flagship projects (IFPs) list, as it seeks to accelerate the country’s infrastructure rollout through greater private-sector participation....
The proposed abolition of the travel tax could generate as much as P22 billion in additional annual income for the government--far exceeding the projected P7.5 billion in foregone revenues from the levy. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Miro Quimbo gave...
As talks about the bloody drug war starts anew over the inclusion of former top police officials as co-perpetrators in the crime against humanity case before the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Philippine National Police (PNP) said it made significant gains in the campaign against illegal...
