Education Secretary Sonny Angara has assured that Philippine Schools Overseas (PSOs) are included in the implementation of education reforms set to begin in School Year 2026–2027, as the Department of Education (DepEd) moves to align overseas schools with new national policies while providing...
The House Legislative Energy Action and Development (LEAD) Council has covered a lot of ground in terms of coming up with a wide range of legislative responses to this era of elevated fuel prices. To their credit, members of the House of Representatives actively participated in the three hearings...
President Marcos and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos marked their 33rd wedding anniversary with a quiet, home-cooked dinner, highlighting what they described as simple but meaningful gestures. “Anniversary dinner, made the old-fashioned way — with love,” the President said in a Facebook post....
With three exhaustive marathon hearings under its belt, the 13-panel Legislative Energy Action and Development (LEAD) Council is now ready to move on to the next phase of its function--that is, to craft a consolidated legislative response to the fuel price crisis. But don 't call it "Bayanihan...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged the Philippines to exercise fiscal discipline and prioritize targeted spending as the country’s debt ratio is projected to breach a critical threshold this year amid volatile global energy markets. The Washington-based lender expects the general...
The government’s eGovPH Super Appwent back online after a temporary outage caused, not by a security breach, but by a spike in user activity, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) clarified on Friday, April 17. DICT Undersecretary for e-Government David Almirol Jr....
House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III underscored on Friday, April 17 the Marcos administration 's commitment to serving justice to Filipinos for alleged corruption in government, including the flood control projects corruption scandal. This, as the House leader welcomed in a statement the...
Vice President Sara Duterte is once again facing intensified scrutiny after the Commission on Audit (COA) upheld the disallowance of P73.28 million in confidential funds, with Malacañang reiterating its firm stance on accountability and transparency. The Presidential Communications Office (PCO),...
Citing the current oil woes in the country, which directly affect public utility vehicles (PUVs), Malacañang said there is no discussion about the immediate implementation of the program that aims to modernize jeepneys. In a press briefing in Iloilo City on Friday, April 17, Palace Press Officer...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr. gave a somewhat ominous statement regarding his former co-nominee Zaldy Co, who was arrested in the Czech Republic after roughly a year of hiding from Philippine authorities. According to Garbin, Co--considered a key personality on the issue of anomalous...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) secured a temporary toll fee waiver for trucks transporting agricultural goods, part of the strategic push to lower logistics expenses, stabilize retail food prices, and shield farmers’ earnings from volatile fuel costs. In a statement on Friday, April 17,...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. visited the Benguet Agri-Pinoy Trading Center (BAPTC) here on Friday to ensure the government 's ongoing efforts to address the impact of the crisis on the agricultural sector and outlined some of the measures to help farmers. Marcos,...
