The Philippine Air Force (PAF) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) transported relief assistance to the island of Batanes on Tuesday, July 29, in the aftermath of the successive storms and enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) that affected the country. Department of National Defense (DND)...
To bolster water security in Iloilo City and its neighboring municipalities, the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) has partnered with the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) to explore utilizing the Jalaur River as an additional water source. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed on...
Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman cautioned on Tuesday, July 29, that government projects may face paralysis next year should President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. veto a Congress-approved national budget that deviates from his administration 's priorities. While Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto...
Environmental group Oceana criticized President Marcos for failing to address worsening environmental and marine resource issues in his recent State of the Nation Address (SONA), calling the omission a missed opportunity as the country reels from climate-driven disasters. On July 28, President...
ILOILO CITY — Rep. Lorenz Defensor of the third district of Iloilo was dismayed over President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. 's failure to mention the status of key infrastructure projects in the province in his State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA). Defensor gave Marcos a score of six out of 10 for...
Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña found President Marcos ' fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) to be lacking any substance as he failed to bring up any plans to improve the lives of Filipinos--especially the workers. For Cendaña, the President 's address this year appeared to...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will be relentless in upholding the country’s rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) amid China’s increasing assertiveness, a ranking official disclosed Tuesday, July 29. Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad, AFP spokesperson for WPS, said it is clear to...
Public school teachers will start getting paid for teaching overload and for their overtime work starting this school year, President Marcos announced during his State of the Nation Address (SONA). “At ngayong school year na ito, makakatanggap na kayo ng kabayaran para sa inyong teaching...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Tuesday, July 29, pushed back against what he described as unfair and politically-motivated accusations against him on the subject of national budget amendments. In a press conference, Escudero said that these allegations wrongly equate the process of...
Citing the need to pinpoint areas of corruption and mismanagement, Surigao del Sur 1st district Rep. Romeo Momo on Tuesday, July 29, expressed his full support for President Marcos ' call for a comprehensive investigation into flood-control projects that failed to deliver. “The President has...
Three top officials of the Department of Health (DOH), including the agency’s well-known Covid-19 pandemic spokesperson, are no longer part of its Executive Committee (Execom), based on updates made to the department’s official website. Removed from the current Execom list are Undersecretaries...
Philtrust Bank Chairman of the Board Hermogenes Esperon said President Marcos should have discussed during his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) his plans on the digital economy as boosting it could generate more income for the government and make up for the deficit it incurs in its annual...
