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...
Proactive disaster risk reduction and a whole-of-government approach in responding to increasingly frequent and intense natural calamities are key pillars under the administration of President Marcos Jr. Thus, said Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary and National Disaster Risk Reduction...
There are at least two emerging independent blocs in the House of Representatives: the BFT group and the pro-Duterte bloc. But should they join forces? Bacolod City lone district Rep. Albee Benitez, who has a budding alliance with Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco and Navotas City...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will expand the government’s ₱20-per-kilo rice program to include farmers of the staple beginning next month, expanding access to cheaper rice for one of the country’s poorest sectors. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said the government will...
Intense to torrential rainfall from July 20 to 23, fueled by the tropical cyclone-enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat), was comparable to some of the most notable habagat events in recent history, particularly in 2012, 2013, 2018, 2021, and 2024, data from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical...
Police Maj. Gen. Anthony A. Aberin, director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), lauded his men for what he described as successful implementation of security measures during President Marcos’ fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 28. “Through intensified...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson became more emboldened to fight pork barrel and other anomalies in the budget, after President Marcos stressed in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday that there should be no repeat of the mangling of the 2025 budget. Lacson, an avowed enemy of the...
ILOILO CITY — Rep. Julienne “Jam-Jam” Baronda of Iloilo City is pleased by the fourth State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. “(He) addressed most, if not all, of the concerns close to our hearts,” said Baronda, who was able to get a selfie with the...
