Unspent budget for flood-control projects under the 2025 national budget will be reallocated to other priority sectors such as health and education, President Marcos said. This as he admitted that P225 billion of the P350 billion allotted for flood control in the 2025 national budget will not be...
Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro called out Pacifico "Curlee" Discaya ll for exhibiting "selective amnesia" during the House Infrastructure Committee 's (infra comm) hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 9 on the flood control projects controversy. This, after the...
The Philippines will deploy five representatives to the Interim Observer Group that was created to monitor the implementation of a ceasefire in the Cambodia-Thailand border region, President Marcos said. From the original plan to only send one or two, Marcos said it has been decided that the...
President Marcos is confident that the leadership change in the Senate will not affect his administration 's legislative agenda. Marcos said he does not see any problems in terms of the legislative agenda after Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero was replaced by Senator Vicente "Tito" Sotto on...
President Marcos said he will announce the composition and mandate of the independent commission tasked to investigate flood control anomalies within the next 24 hours. "Within the next 48 hours, I will already announce the powers that we are granting to the independent commission and the members...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is proposing the return of the government’s grains purchasing power to include corn and milled rice, in addition to palay or unmilled rice, as another major step to strengthen the country’s food security. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel has been...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano would be the new Senate minority leader, Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada disclosed this on Tuesday, September 9. According to Estrada, this was agreed upon by the new minority group that would be composed of senators allied with former president Rodrigo Duterte. This...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has started coordinating with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for the establishment of a Migrant Workers Office (MWO) in Cambodia. DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said the establishment of an MWO in Cambodia is timely amid rising concerns over scam hubs...
President Marcos returned from his state visit in Cambodia, bringing five new business deals with Cambodian businesses. Marcos arrived in the country on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 9, after his three-day state visit in Phnom Penh. The plane carrying the President and his delegation landed at the...
Following the maturity of nearly ₱290 billion in government bonds, the Marcos Jr. administration secured ₱30 billion from its latest debt sale at lower borrowing costs, as reinvestment demand boosted appetite for securities and pulled yields down at the auction. During the sale of reissued...
State-run Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), which received zero subsidies this year, is proposed to have the highest allocation under the proposed ₱6.793-trillion 2026 national budget. During a Senate finance committee hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 9, the Department of Budget and...
The Supreme Court (SC) has been pressed to stop the enforcement of the law that extended the term of office of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials from three to four years, and effectively postponed to November 2026 the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) originally set...
