Executive Secretary Ralph Recto has directed government agencies to accelerate the implementation of their 2026 budgets and finalize priority expenditures for next year in line with President Marcos ' push to improve public service delivery. Recto convened key Cabinet officials on June 22 for...
House prosecutors expect Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense team to do all it can to block their move to have the box from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to be opened during the pre-trial conference at the Senate. But this won 't stop them from pursuing this, as they believe box...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) set aside an initial ₱69.1 million in loss reserves to cover reported damages to government properties following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Mindanao. In a statement, GSIS said the state pension fund’s allocation follows a directive...
ENDEAVOR The top-ranked Netflix series Teach Me a Lesson calls attention to a prevalent problem that has since crashed into Philippine headlines: bullying in schools. It has joined the parade of K-drama in the top rungs of public viewership. Just as I began viewing the series, our Manila Bulletin...
How safe are our schools, and what more must be done to protect our children? We are raising this in the aftermath of the recent violent incidents involving students in Tacloban City and Negros Occidental. The fatal shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City and the stabbing...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has expressed confidence that there will be a court conviction once it filed the case of human trafficking against former congressman Mike Defensor in connection with the raided KTV bar and a hotel in Pasig City. The raid was conducted two months ago and...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) is banking on the government’s newly issued investment framework to drive renewable energy (RE) investments into the country’s ecozone system. On the sidelines of the PhilEnergy expo, PEZA Director General Tereso Panga said the investment promotion...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) distributed new ambulances for provincial governments in Western Visayas region. PCSO General Manager Melquiades Robles led the distribution on Wednesday, June 24, at the old Iloilo Provincial Capitol here. The provinces of Antique,...
Tycoon Lance Y. Gokongwei has made a ₱2.03-billion personal investment in gaming firm PhilWeb Corp., equivalent to up to 15 percent of its expanded outstanding common shares. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Wednesday, June 24, PhilWeb said it has entered into a...
Camarines Sur-based solons are prodding government to pour investments on fully-equipped, permanent mega-evacuation centers (ECs) to shelter evacuees in the aftermath of natural disasters, including earthquakes. Rep. Migz Villafuerte (5th district) and Rep. Luigi Villafuerte (2nd district) pointed...
Local government units (LGUs) across the country will receive a record P1.32 trillion in National Tax Allotments (NTA) in 2027, as President Marcos continues to push for stronger local governance and greater participation of local governments in national development. In a statement, Executive...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL “Are we really still friends with America?” That was the question we got asked recently. We believe the question had to do with the coming celebration of Filipino-American Friendship Day on July 4, which coincides with the 80th anniversary of the Treaty of Manila. That...
