Senator Erwin Tulfo is prodding the Department of Justice (DOJ) to file charges against various individuals, including contractors, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials, and politicians who are involved in alleged "ghost" and substandard flood control projects. In an interview...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte expressed support for the directive issued by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., which requires all national agencies to secure permits from local government units before implementing infrastructure projects. “This directive is a vital step in ensuring that every...
The telecommunications industry is urging the government to ensure strong safeguards for consumers under the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) to be crafted for the Konektadong Pinoy Act, which recently lapsed into law. The bill, also known as the Open Access in Data Transmission Act,...
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)+3 policymakers, including the Philippines, are urged to balance near-term spending with long-term fiscal discipline as shrinking fiscal space and rising debt costs stress the need for consolidation to meet climate- and aging-related demands, according...
Senators have hailed the enactment of the landmark "Konektadong Pinoy” law, which Malacañang said lapsed into law over the weekend. Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero described the law Monday, Aug. 25 as a giant step toward bridging the digital divide in the country due to poor...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to launch a digital platform that will consolidate all critical data across the agriculture sector to ensure data-driven decision-making and management of the country’s food supply chain. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said the agency’s...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) expects continued influx of investments into the country, following interest from several local government units (LGUs) in establishing new economic zones (ecozones), which are key drivers of trade and investment growth. PEZA Director General Tereso...
President Marcos congratulated tennis star Alex Eala after she became the first Filipino to win a singles match at a Grand Slam tournament in the Open era, saying the tennis heroine was only just beginning. “She’s only getting started! Congratulations, Alex! Kasama mo ang buong Pilipinas sa...
Germany-based Deutsche Bank said a quarter-point rate cut on Thursday would help support Philippine economic activity, following the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) revised forecast that the negative output gap will persist until 2027. “We see the BSP lowering its policy rate by 25 bps...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced it will suspend a Batangas district engineer accused of offering more than P3 million to Batangas First District Representative Leandro Leviste just to dissuade him from probing alleged irregular flood control projects in the province....
The Philippines has joined the international community in calling for an urgent end to what it described as the “ever-worsening humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. In a statement on Monday, Aug. 25, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the Philippines was deeply concerned over...
President Marcos marked National Heroes Day with a call for Filipinos to confront corruption and deceit, stressing the duty to prepare the next generation to defend the country’s freedom. In his speech during the National Heroes Day commemoration at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City on...
