The national government’s debt settlements reached ₱1.54 trillion in the first eight months of the year, a slight decline from ₱1.55 trillion a year ago, even though August saw an almost 400 percent jump in required payments. Data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed that the 0.7...
Over five years, the Marcos Jr. administration’s priority tax reforms are seen hauling over ₱190 billion, with the recently enacted measures projected to bring incremental collections into government coffers. Based on the Cabinet-level Development Budget Coordination Committee’s (DBCC) 2025...
The Marcos Jr. administration’s economic team has projected the country’s revenues to equate to 16.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) five years from now, slightly exceeding the record high of 16.7 percent in 2024. Based on the interagency Development Budget Coordination...
On the orders of President Marcos, the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) recently concluded its three-day training on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for directors and digital specialists in the government. The training, through DAP’s Center for Career Executive Service (CES)...
The death toll from the powerful magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck northern Cebu has climbed to 71 while at least 559 others were injured, according to the latest situational report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) released on Sunday, Oct. 5. The...
Malacañang has declared special non-working holidays in several areas around the country in October and November. Through Proclamations 1045 to 1051, President Marcos made the declarations allowing residents of certain towns and cities to commemorate their respective founding anniversaries,...
Marking World Teachers’ Day on Sunday, Oct. 5, thousands of educators took to the streets of Metro Manila to protest the Marcos administration’s “deafening silence” on the education crisis and demand immediate reforms for teachers’ welfare. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT)...
President Marcos said the government must ensure airtight cases against corrupt officials, warning that rushing weak evidence to court could do more harm than good. Marcos said this amid public clamor to hold accountable the officials involved in systemic corruption in infrastructure projects,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has installed 95 additional modular tents at the SM Cares Village in Bogo City, Cebu to serve as temporary shelters for families affected by the Sept. 30 earthquake. DSWD-Disaster Response Management Group Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said...
Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Jr., acting chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered a thorough investigation into the confiscation of around P6.9 billion worth of shabu in Pangasinan in a bid to identify and arrest all those responsible for the entry of the illegal drugs into...
Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco gave an honest-to-goodness assessment of the situation in his province several days removed from a deadly magnitude 6.9 earthquake. In a Facebook post late Saturday night, Oct. 4, Rep. Frasco told his followers and province-mates what they should...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner Jr. has admitted that soldiers, like ordinary Filipinos, are not immune to frustration over corruption, particularly in flood control projects, but firmly rejected calls for military intervention in politics. “We know what...
