President Marcos hailed the partnership between Globe Telecom and Starlink as a major step toward expanding digital access nationwide while strengthening the country’s disaster response capabilities. Speaking at the ceremonial signing of the memorandum of agreement in Bonifacio Global City on...
Health workers in Muntinlupa will finally receive their Health Emergency Allowance (HEA) intended for those who worked in risk areas during the Covid-19 pandemic. Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon announced that the city government received the fund from the Department of Health. “Ang HEA ay...
President Marcos said the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) is nearing the completion of its investigation into the flood control scandal, with its future dependent on how much work remains unfinished. Speaking to reporters in an ambush interview in Mandaluyong City on Friday, Jan....
The petition filed before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is clear, urgent, and moral: halt the proposed Manila Bay reclamation projects before it inflicts irreversible harm on the people, the heritage, and the environment. This, in a nutshell, is the call of a broad coalition of church groups,...
EDITORS DESK Many readers likely expected me to comment on the recent viral incident of a transport influencer versus a government department. Admittedly, it’s still a hot topic even close to two week after it happened. However, as much as I am tempted, that issue has pushed a more serious...
Senators must act with haste in approving their version of the proposed Private Basic Education Voucher Program, which will benefit students from poor and middle-income families. Thus, said Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre, who noted that the House of Representatives had already passed on third...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte said on Wednesday, Jan. 14, that his district has been without a budget from the national government since 2022. In an interview with Alvin & Tourism at The Hague in the Netherlands, Duterte said the lack of funding does not impact his...
Teachers and education workers staged a protest on Thursday, January 15, calling on the Marcos administration to release the full 2025 Service Recognition Incentive (SRI), implement meaningful salary increases, and submit a supplemental budget to ensure regularization and benefits for public school...
Aiming to strengthen foundational learning skills and better prepare young learners for the succeeding stages of basic education, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, January 15, reaffirmed its commitment to early childhood education as the Revised K to 10 Curriculum enters the final...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is set to strengthen learning continuity during disasters by utilizing DepEd TV as an emergency education platform, enabling students displaced by calamities and extreme weather to continue their lessons through curriculum-aligned broadcast programs—even when...
The Philippines ranked second to the last among 11 countries covered by a regional corporate investor advisory firm’s Asia Manufacturing Index (AMI) 2026, slipping one notch from its ninth-place finish last year, amid persistent infrastructure and governance challenges. The third annual AMI of...
The Marcos administration should strive for an economic growth of at least eight percent through a series of institutional reforms, instead of settling for a lower five to six percent growth this year, the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc. (FFCCCII) said. FFCCCII...
