President Marcos has appointed energy sector veteran Francis Saturnino Juan as chairperson of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), following the resignation of Monalisa Dimalanta, Malacañang announced Thursday, July 17. In a press briefing, Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said...
La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega believes that presidential son Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos is "very much qualified" to take on the role of House majority leader in the nascent 20th Congress. Ortega had this to say in a press conference Thursday, July 17 when he was asked...
The Marcos administration received majority approval ratings for its handling of three out of 14 key issues, based on the June 2025 “Ulat ng Bayan” survey by Pulse Asia. In the results released on Thursday, July 17, Pulse Asia reported that 63 percent of respondents approved of the...
The growing trust ratings of the House of Representatives and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez as well as in President Marcos, as per the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, prove that Filipinos support leaders who deliver, a lawmaker said. "This is proof that Filipinos value...
In the wake of the United States’ passage of its 2025 “One Beautiful Bill”—a sweeping legislative package championed by President Donald Trump—the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Inc. (CCPI) has urged the Marcos administration to consider launching a homegrown version. The U.S....
Calling it an act on the boundary of human dignity, Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong slammed attempts to link First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos to the death of Rustan 's retail empire heir Paolo Tantoco, particularly through a fake stateside police report. “Medyo nasa boundary...
Vice President Sara Duterte is hopeful that the government can mitigate the impact of the 20 percent tariff rate that the United States will impose on Philippine goods starting next month. She said this during a chance interview outside the detention facility in The Hague, Netherlands, where she...
The House of Representatives in Quezon City will begin its five-day lockdown period on Wednesday, July 23, ahead of President Marcos fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) the following week. This was confirmed in an advisory sent to House reporters on Wednesday, July 16. "The Radio Television...
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, an established member of the House "Young Guns" bloc, gave a simple yet useful advice to the new clique, the "House Hotshots". Although hesitant at first, Adiong took on the role of "kuya" (big brother) to this new group and offered some words of...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has started downloading all the motor vehicle plates for distribution to their rightful owners a day after it announced that the millions of backlog in license plates, which hounded the agency in the past 11 years, was already wiped out. Acting Assistant...
The end simply doesn 't justify the means for Senator Joel Villanueva when it comes to online gambling. "We are destroying the moral fiber of our society. So hindi ko ho makita yung justification na kikita kasi ang pamahalaan versus the damages na ating nararanasan na po ngayon (So I...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has initiated the profiling of beneficiaries or the persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Manila City Jail Female Dormitory (MCJFD) for the “Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD)", the Bureau of Jail...
