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...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Saturday, Oct. 4, that Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III 's leadership in the upper chamber remains stable. This was after Senator Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito 's recent pronouncement that he, along with four other senators, considered leaving...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan urged local government units (LGUs) to be more proactive in setting a floor price for government purchase of unhusked rice or "palay" as he works with Malacañang and the Department of Agriculture (DA) in drafting an executive order (EO) to stabilize the...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has released ₱11 million to assist more than 1,500 workers whose livelihoods were disrupted by the strong earthquake that struck Cebu on Sept. 30. The aid will be distributed through the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers...
Despite the heavy rains brought by Typhoon Paolo, which placed Bulacan under Signal No. 1, Governor Daniel R. Fernando pressed on with the distribution of DSWD family food packs to thousands of families in the municipality of Calumpit on Friday, Oct. 3. Gov. Fernando was joined by the Provincial...
