Opposition lawmaker ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio wants President Marcos to be held accountable--but not resign--over the enactment of a national budget that 's allegedly riddled with anomalies. Tinio had this to say in a Makabayan press conference Thursday, Sep. 18, wherein he...
Vice President Sara Duterte cast doubt on the change of House leadership under Isabela Rep. Faustino “Bojie” Dy III, saying that the new House speaker comes from the inner circle of former speaker Martin Romualdez and President Marcos. In an interview in Davao City on Thursday, Sept. 18, the...
President Marcos has issued Executive Order (EO) No. 95 establishing a new Compensation and Position Classification System II (CPCS II) for government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs), replacing the previous framework issued in 2021. The EO, signed on Sept. 16, directs the Governance...
Starting Oct. 15 this year, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) will be implementing a policy that will compel car and motorcycle dealers to release the license plates and the Official Receipt/Certificate of Registration on the day that new motor vehicles are released to the owners. LTO...
President Marcos has joined volunteers in serving meals for Filipinos experiencing involuntary hunger at the Walang Gutom Kitchen in Pasay City. Marcos made a visit to the Walang Gutom (No Hunger) Kitchen —the country’s first public and private food bank collaboration or soup kitchen—on...
Majority leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos confirmed that Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez "had the numbers" among his congressman-colleagues up to the resigned as House Speaker. In a chance interview with reporters on Wednesday, Sept. 17--mere minutes after Romualdez...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will focus on completing ongoing flood control projects flagged for irregularities before adopting a science-based flood planning approach. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon emphasized that ensuring the proper implementation of projects already under way...
The national government is now urged to seek approval from local government officials before starting any infrastructure projects in their areas of responsibility. This was what the members of the Metro Manila Council (MMC) agreed upon during its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 16, as the policy-making...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Miro Quimbo has challenged the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to adopt a full disclosure policy in the proposed P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026. Sounding fed up with the whole "insertion" issue, Quimbo said the solons who endorsed such insertions...
ENDEAVOR A Trillion-Peso March will be held on Sunday, Sept. 21, at the EDSA People Power monument by the Church Leaders Council for National Transformation and civil society organizations. The day marks the 53rd anniversary of the declaration of martial law by then President Ferdinand E. Marcos,...
Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos didn 't take the much older Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte 's tirades on the House leadership change sitting down. In a chance interview Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 17, Rep. Marcos was told about Rep. Duterte’s...
Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has called on Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co to come back home to the Philippines and face the music. "I’ll be the first one to tell you that he should come home and face any and all allegations agianst him," Marcos said in a chance...
