President Marcos renewed his administration’s commitment to making medicine more affordable to the public following the launch of a pilot program that allows licensed pharmacists to supervise multiple drugstores remotely. Marcos said this as he witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of...
The House of Representatives elected several of its members to plum posts during plenary session Friday, Oct. 10, including a new deputy speaker. Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos made the successive motions to elect the members, while the presiding officer, Deputy...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is coordinating with other national government agencies to facilitate necessary emergency assistance to individuals affected by the magnitude-7.4 offshore earthquake in Davao Oriental on Friday. Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said the DBM will continue to...
The House of Representatives passed on second reading the county 's proposed 2026 national budget worth P6.793 trillion during a rare plenary session on late Friday afternoon, Oct. 10. Deputy Speaker Ilocos Sur 2nd district Rep. Kristine Singson-Meehan, the presiding officer during the...
Each day, Filipinos scroll, swipe and click through endless streams of information. But in the same speed that facts spread, so do lies. Lies and disinformation remain among the biggest threats to public trust and national unity. That is why the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.,...
The Philippines was the World Bank Group ’s (WBG) fifth-largest developing-country borrower during the Washington-based multilateral lender’s fiscal year (FY) 2025. Including the world’s poorest countries, the Philippines’ borrowings from the WBG during the FY covering the period...
The House of Representatives has slashed the proposed Office of the Vice President (OVP) budget for 2026 by P156 million, effectively bringing back the agency funding to its 2025 level. This was made official in House plenary on Friday afternoon, Oct. 10, during the period of individual ammendments...
President Marcos has encouraged barangay officials to undergo leadership training, stressing the important role of village leaders in local governance. During his meeting with Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) officials, Marcos discussed several ways to improve barangay governance. He emphasized proposals...
The Department of Education (DepEd) gathered its Adopt-a-School partners and private sector allies on Friday, October 10, for a Classroom Market Scoping Activity — a key step toward mobilizing more partners to help close the country’s classroom backlog through transparent and standards-based...
Starting next week, the statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) of all government officials, including those of President Marcos and Vice President Duterte, will be available to the public. “I want the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) to be open to the public,” said new Ombudsman...
Contrary to what Cavite 4th district Rep. Francisco "Kiko" Barzaga thinks, House Deputy Speaker Antipolo City 1st district Rep. Ronaldo "Ronnie" Puno believes that there 's no good reason to seek President Marcos ' impeachment. As far as Puno is concerned, Marcos is actually doing a good...
House Deputy Speaker Antipolo City 1st district Rep. Ronaldo "Ronnie" Puno has confirmed that the ethics complaint filed against Cavite 4th district Rep. Francisco "Kiko" Barzaga is moving forward. In a chance interview with reporters Friday, Oct. 10, Puno said that the Committee on Ethics and...
