President Marcos was back to doing public engagements outside Malacañan Palace two weeks after being diagnosed with diverticulitis. After attending only meetings and events inside Malacañan Palace for two weeks, President Marcos graced two consecutive events in Metro Manila on Thursday, February...
Local stocks rose as benign inflation bolstered the case for the central bank to pivot toward monetary easing, while strengthening peso further lifted investor sentiment. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) gained 9.09 points, or 0.1 percent, to close at 6,382.04 on Thursday, Feb. 5....
A woman has been convicted by a Quezon City regional trial court (RTC) for attempts to sell an 11-day-old baby online, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Thursday, Feb. 5. In a statement, the DOJ said the RTC has issued an order that accepted the guilty plea of Mary Grace D. Espinar for two...
The allocation of funds for Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) projects is a function of the executive, not the legislature or the House of Representatives. House Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos highlighted this point as he addressed a Philippine Center for...
Hundreds of Ilonggos gained access to homes and rental units through the Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program as President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. pushed to bring government services directly to local communities. Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD)...
Executive Secretary Ralph Recto recognized the historic gold-medal win of the Filipinas, the Philippines women 's football national team, at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games. Recto met with the national team on Wednesday, Feb. 4, to recognize their achievements and reaffirm the government’s...
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said senators are considering electing Senator Loren Legarda as the first woman Senate president toward the end of the 20th Congress. In an interview, Sotto clarified that the idea is not a term-sharing arrangement following a foiled coup attempt to...
There is no discussion in Malacañang about replacing Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Frasco, contrary to rumors of a possible movement in the Marcos Cabinet. "As of now, wala pong pinag-uusapan na ganyan (As of now, there is no discussion about anything like that)," Palace Press...
Repairs along the heavily used C5 Road will start ahead of the rainy season to address worsening traffic and prevent further road deterioration, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Thursday, Feb. 5. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon said the early rollout was ordered after...
Around P30.40 billion worth of indigency assistance and farm-to-market roads have been completed mostly in geographically isolated and conflict-affected areas (GICAs) under the Local Government Support Fund-Support to the Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP), the Department of the Interior and...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, February 5, highlighted a new decentralized strategy to address the country’s growing classroom shortage by empowering local government units (LGUs) to directly oversee school construction projects. DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara, in an interview...
CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan — Bulacan marked the 99th birth anniversary of Gat Blas F. Ople on Tuesday, Feb. 3, with Governor Daniel R. Fernando vowing to pursue the late statesman’s vision of a coastal road‑dike linking Bataan and Cavite to protect flood‑prone communities. Fernando recalled...
