The Independent Commission for Infrastructure 's (ICI) fate will depend on their own decision—whether to hire more members, ask for the administration 's help, or conclude their investigation, Malacañang said. President Marcos, in turn, will be listening to whatever the ICI decides,...
The Senate has elected Senator Erwin Tulfo as the new chairperson of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs. At the Senate’s Monday plenary session, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri moved to elect the neophyte senator as the head of the foreign affairs panel. Tulfo replaced...
More than 60 contractors could potentially be blacklisted amid the ongoing process of revoking the licenses of contractors involved in anomalous flood control projects. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro disclosed that the Department of Public Works and Highways...
Administration critic and Liberal Party (LP) Chairperson Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima was among the solons who went to great lengths Tuesday, Feb. 3 to discredit the first impeachment complaint filed President Marcos. De Lima took part in Tuesday 's Committee on...
Small-scale fishers are being forced to shorten their time at sea and brace for shrinking incomes as successive oil price hikes sharply drive up production costs, progressive fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said on Tuesday, Feb. 3. In a...
President Marcos has initially approved the proposal to extend the validity of registration for new vehicles to five years, Malacañang said. Marcos made the approval during a meeting with Department of Transportation (DOTr) acting Secretary Giovanni Lopez at Malacañan on Tuesday, Feb. 3....
A plan to build a Rizal Exhibition Hall within the National Museum was proposed to President Marcos, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said Marcos met with National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) Chairperson Andoni Aboitiz in Malacañang on...
House Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has filed a bill that would institutionalalize a "no work, no pay" scheme for both congressmen and senators. Under Marcos ' House Bill (HB) No.7432, members of Congress (House of Representatives and Senate) shall receive...
Last Friday, the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II) handed President Marcos Jr. a landmark document: Turning Point: A Decade of Necessary Reform — the National Education and Workforce Development Plan (NatPlan) 2026-2035. It is the most comprehensive blueprint yet to address...
Calling it a crucial tool against corruption in government, Camarines Sur 5th district Rep. Migz Villafuerte is pushing for the approval of a measure that seeks to institutionalize a proposed Digital Budget Platform and then mandate all government agencies and state-run corporations to upload...
Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte has called for an independent and transparent forensic examination of a photo circulating online that allegedly shows a top public official using illegal drugs. In a statement posted on his official Facebook page, Duterte said the issue of the public...
LAOAG CITY – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) launched a commemorative coin honoring Ilocos Norte 's "Tan-ok ni Ilocano" festival Monday, coinciding with the province 's 208th founding anniversary. Gov. Cecilia Araneta Marcos and Vice Gov. Matthew Joseph Manotoc led the unveiling...
