Senator Erwin Tulfo said on Tuesday, March 3, that he will conduct a hearing on Friday to address the escalating crisis in the Middle East, particularly the impact on oil prices. In a press conference, Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, expressed support for a possible...
President Marcos has called for restraint among countries involved in the Middle East conflict to bring the war to a close as "quickly as possible." Expressing that the Philippines is "only involved tangentially" in the US-Iran conflict, Marcos have appealed for restraint from all parties while...
Israel 's envoy in Manila does not see the Philippines being dragged into the Middle East conflict, which has now spiraled into a regional conflict among Arab states. Israeli Ambassador Dana Kursh said "it 's too hypothetical" to assume that the Philippines, where US militaries also have...
The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms approved a substitute bill for the long-sought Anti-Political Dynasty Law, with a second degree of consanguinity or affinity pushed as the limit for political families. Committee chairman, Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong led...
While President Marcos gave an assurance that the Philippines has ample supply of oil amid the Middle East conflict, he bared plans to ask the Congress to grant him an authority to reduce excise tax on petroleum products should prices exceed $80 per barrel. Marcos made the statement in a press...
Economic managers are seeking authority to allow President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to lower excise taxes on petroleum products if oil prices surge to around $80 per barrel or beyond, Manila Bulletin has learned from a top Cabinet official. Executive Secretary Ralph G. Recto told Manila Bulletin on...
Senator Imee Marcos stated on Tuesday, Feb. 3, that it 's the Senate 's duty to examine the alleged cash delivery scheme involving former military personnel. In a statement, Marcos said that the inquiry is not about whether the affidavits of the eighteen former members of the Armed...
Prolonged upward adjustments in oil prices, driven by intensifying tensions in the Middle East, could increase the cost of critical agricultural inputs and influence food prices, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). In a statement on Tuesday, March 3, the DA said it is “closely...
More than 1,400 Filipinos across the Middle East have requested for repatriation amid the ongoing conflict in the region, President Marcos said. In a press conference at Malacañan on Tuesday, March 3, Marcos announced that the number of Filipinos who have expressed to be sent back home had reached...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has secured approval for more than 5,000 teacher promotion backlogs, advancing the implementation of its Expanded Career Progression (ECP) System and reinforcing the administration’s commitment to strengthening public school teachers’ welfare and professional...
Whenever armed conflict breaks out in the Middle East, the Philippines adopts a heightened alert stance as there are more than two million Filipinos working and living in that resource-rich region. When President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that the United States and Israel were...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE It’s been 40 years since that fateful day when the Filipinos showed the world how to revolt without shedding fellow Filipinos’ blood. Although I was far away from home, doing my fellowship in immunopathology in the United States of America, I distinctly remember those days....
