Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano said the exit of Commissioner Rosanna Fajardo from the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) was a “natural flow of things.” He described as “quite noble” that Fajardo embraced the responsibility of investigating the massive corruption behind the...
House of Representatives members aren 't short on allocations and incentives during the annual budget process. This was the main takeaway from Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste 's Zoom interview with reporters Friday, Dec. 26, wherein he shared evidence that congressmen...
Public trust in President Marcos declined to a net –3 nationwide in November 2025, while Vice President Sara Duterte maintained a positive net trust rating of +31, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed The survey was sponsored by Stratbase Consultancy. Based on the Fourth...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the reported case of “insoluble and floating” fertilizer in the province of Ilocos Norte was caused by improper application instead of a suspected product defect. A farmer in the town of Marcos recently posted a video on social media showing fertilizer...
Dividends from all government-owned and/or -controlled corporations (GOCCs) stood at ₱106.6 billion as of end-November, still more than a third short of the projected full-year collections and about a quarter below the 2024 total. The latest data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed that...
As 2025 draws to a close, the Philippines continues to grapple with what President Marcos has described as the “new normal,” marked by successive weather systems that have triggered torrential rains and widespread flooding, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. DENR...
Malacañang maintained that documents dubbed "Cabral files" or the "DPWH list" remain questionable, stressing that there is no proof that the lists indeed came from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the...
Way before public anger simmered over the flood control controversy that gripped the nation during the third quarter of this year, the Senate was already flooded with scenarios of power shifts and power struggles. With the entry of 12 new and former senators who won in the 2025 midterm elections,...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has underscored the critical role of local government units (LGUs) in protecting and advancing children’s welfare through programs that serve as key pillars of inclusive governance, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said. The...
Corruption has long been the shadow that has loomed over every administration, but 2025 forced President Marcos to confront it head-on. The flood control scandal that shook political blocs, triggered international manhunts, and tested whether his promise of a “cleaner government” could...
Former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III formally assumed office as the new general manager of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) after taking his oath in Malacañan on Friday morning, Dec. 26. Torre was sworn in by Executive Secretary Ralph Recto,...
The campus was supposedly named Diliman after the thick forest that was once there. By the 1950s, however, the campus was practically treeless, with tall cogon grass being the only vegetation. The administration drew up a greening program, and on Arbor Day 1953, my classmates and I planted the...
