The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Nov. 27, welcomed the joint endorsement of major business and education groups for the proposed P1.38-trillion allocation for the education sector in the 2026 national budget, which the agency described as a vote of confidence in its reform...
Business groups are calling on the Marcos administration to further tighten the government’s anti-corruption measures by enforcing a mandatory lifestyle check on all government officials to validate their statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALNs). Over the past few weeks, multiple...
President Marcos expressed confidence that the Philippines is on track for recovery by next year as he met with Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli Remolona to discuss the latest monetary policy decision and the country’s economic trajectory. This came as the administration continues...
The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) Executive Director Brian Hosaka says that Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos ' willingness to come forward and help in the investigation is a "big help". Hosaka had this to say just hours after the House majority leader and...
The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) expects its annual assistance to its host country, the Philippines—including cofinancing—to exceed $5 billion (about ₱294 billion) in 2025 and rise to $15 billion (around ₱882 billion) per year from 2026 to 2028. “The Philippines is home to...
House Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos is voluntarily submitting himself to the investigation of the Independent Commission on Infrastructure (ICI). In a letter addressed to ICI Chairman and retired Supreme Court (SC) associate justice Andres Reyes Jr., Rep. Marcos said:...
Illogical and absurd. That 's how Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga described former Ako-Bicol Party-list representative Zaldy Co 's claim that the House quinta committee (quinta-comm) in the 19th Congress was told by the executive branch to stop its investigation on rice...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has presented to President Marcos the 10-peso Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 2026 Commemorative Coin and the 12-coin series of the 100-peso Philippine Festivals Commemorative Coins. According to the BSP, the 10-peso ASEAN Coin will be launched...
House Committee on Appropriations Chairperson Nueva Ecija 1st district Rep. Mikaela Angela "Mika" Suansing has guaranteed full transparency once the Bicameral Conference Committee begins its deliberations on the 2026 national budget later this month. Suansing, speaking in a chance interview with...
In the middle of corruption controversies within the government, local government units (LGUs) were urged to continue showing the people that they can rely on public servants. President Marcos made the call to LGUs on Wednesday, Nov. 26, during the Subaybayani Awards 2025 held at the Manila Hotel...
President Marcos has welcomed five newly-designated non-resident ambassadors of Tunisia, Paraguay, Burkina Faso, the Marshall Islands, and Serbia in the Philippines. Marcos received the credentials of the ambassadors in a formal presentation ceremony at Malacañan Palace on Tuesday afternoon, Nov....
Sluggish government expenditure, constrained by ongoing probes into public works, helped contain the 10-month budget deficit but raised concerns over the effective delivery of key economic stimulus programs. The Bureau of the Treasury reported on Wednesday, Nov. 25, that the Marcos...
