While government-owned and/or -controlled corporations (GOCCs) remitted dividends amounting to ₱109 billion as of the second week of September, the Department of Finance (DOF) projected full-year remittances to decline by 15.5 percent from the 2024 total of ₱138.5 billion. In a statement on...
While President Marcos defined the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) as a fact-finding team that has no contempt power, he will not close his doors for efforts to give the body more powers. A group of lawmakers has urged Congress to fast-track the passage of House Bill 4453, which...
Insisting that creating an independent commission to investigate the massive corruption in the government’s infrastructure projects is “nothingness,” Vice President Sara Duterte said on Tuesday, Sept. 16, that President Marcos should just ask Speaker Martin Romualdez to step down. In an...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said he wants to bolster the manpower of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) from 162,000 to 360,000 in response to evolving security challenges and the growing demands of national defense. Teodoro made the remark during his...
Centro Escolar University (CEU) Graduate School alumnus, Dr. Neil Vincent Sandoval was appointed as the new deputy executive director III of the Teacher Education Council as announced by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr. Drawing on his extensive background as OIC-director IV of the...
A wait-and-see stance among private-sector borrowers and the central bank amid uncertainties wrought by United States (US) tariffs and their global trade spillover offset robust national government borrowings and slowed the issuance of Philippine peso-denominated bonds in the second quarter, the...
President Marcos has approved the salary increase of government-owned or -controlled corporations (GOCCs) employees. Marcos made the announcement in his speech during the celebration of GOCC day at the Malacañan Palace on Tuesday, Sept. 16. "I have approved the Compensation and Position...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro will lead the Philippine delegation at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) after Malacañang announced that President Marcos would skip the event to focus on domestic issues. The DFA made the statement on Tuesday, Sept. 16,...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE It is impossible to get away from the topic. Daily hearings in the Senate and Congress resonate with thunderous allegations of large-scale corruption involving elected officials, unscrupulous public works officials and contractors. It is so nauseating that you feel like...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Francisco "Kiko" Barzaga barged into the office of Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos on Monday, Sept. 15 to declare that he was "running for Speaker". Antipolo City 1st district Rep. Ronaldo "Ronnie" Puno shared this face-off of sorts between the...
President Marcos has commended the implementation of the "Tara, Basa" tutoring program, saying it is the "true essence of public service." During the Tara, Basa! tutoring program national culminating activity at the University of Makati in Taguig City on Monday, Sept. 15, Marcos highlighted the...
House Deputy Speaker Antipolo City 1st district Rep. Ronaldo "Ronnie" Puno finally addressed the elephant in the room regarding the unhinged behavior of Cavite 4th district Rep. Francisco "Kiko" Barzaga. In a press conference with fellow senior National Unity Party (NUP) members on Monday...
