After what police described as peaceful and orderly midterm elections last month, security officials are now initiating early security preparations for the Oct. 13 regular election of the Bangsamoro parliamentary government. Police Lt. Gen. Bernard Banac, commander of the Area Police...
TACLOBAN CITY – Gov. Edwin Ongchuan has signed an ordinance institutionalizing the Northern Samar green lane policy, the first of its kind implemented by a local government unit (LGU) in the country. The measure – An Ordinance Institutionalizing the Green Lane Policy for Renewable Energy and...
“Swift, reasonable, and dignified.” This was how former Office of the Vice President (OVP) spokesman Barry Gutierrez described the House of Representative’s response to the Senate’s remanding of the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte. In a statement, Gutierrez lauded...
The flagship vessel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701), has arrived in Japan to participate in the second trilateral maritime exercise among the PCG, United States Coast Guard (USCG), and Japan Coast Guard (JCG). In a statement Saturday, June 14, the PCG said that...
Vice President Sara Duterte is back in the Philippines after a personal trip with her family in Malaysia, where she also attended an Independence Day event and met with overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there. According to a media bulletin from the Office of the Vice President (OVP), Duterte...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Enrique Manalo expressed the country’s recommitment to the United Nations (UN) Charter, emphasizing the importance of the rule of law and multilateralism, during his meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Manalo and Guterres met on Friday, June...
Navotas lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco, chairman of House Information and Communications Technology, is backing the E-Governance Act that, if signed into law, will streamline government processes and establish a unified national framework for digital governance. It’s time we pivot to a...
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos is closely monitoring the country 's preparations for hosting the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summits next year, as she inspected the ongoing renovations of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City this week. In an...
MEDIUM RARE While President BBM was delivering his Independence Day speech, the woman directly behind him on the grandstand at Rizal Park was busy delivering her own speech to her one-man audience, a gentleman seated two chairs away from her. She was so busy talking and giggling that she did not...
HOTSPOT It was a pleasant surprise to read in this paper about Luis Jalandoni as a “towering figure in the Philippine communist movement.” He passed away on June 7 in The Netherlands at the age of 90. Born to a family of powerful landlords and sugar barons, Jalandoni gave up a comfortable life...
CEBU CITY – The stunning victory of philantrophist Pamela Baricuatro will be celebrated in a thanksgiving and victory rally a day before she assumes as the new governor of Cebu province. The event slated June 29 will not only celebrate the victory of Baricuatro but also the triumph of the...
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has been recognized by an international group of development financial institutions for its programs aimed at advancing financial inclusion in agriculture and restoring forest cover. DBP President and Chief Executive Officer Michael O. de Jesus...
