President Marcos has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to sustain the gains of its anti-crime initiatives, as he confirmed that he has already chosen the country 's next top cop. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong ' Marcos Jr. (Mark Balmores) Marcos said this as he ended his...
Today, and every May 28 of each year, we commemorate National Flag Day. The National Flag stands as a robust symbol of our enduring struggle for freedom, embodying the hopes, sacrifices, and our identity as Filipino people. It serves as a signal to call on every Filipino, especially the youth, to...
OF TREES AND FOREST The campaign jingles have stopped blaring from loudspeakers. The posters have been removed. Winning candidates have been proclaimed. Pundits have given their postmortem of the midterm elections. The elections are over. Now, back to work. One of the advantages of these electoral...
BEYOND BUDGET (Part I) Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Last week, the Philippines joined over 77 nations in celebrating Open Government (Gov) Week. It brought together key representatives from the government, civil society organizations (CSOs), the academe, the private sector, the...
The Philippines ' annual economic growth is expected by the World Bank Group (WBG) to remain below six percent this year until 2031. Its newest country partnership framework (CPF) for the Philippines, covering fiscal years (FYs) 2026 to 2031, showed that the WBG forecasts Philippine gross...
The World Bank Group (WBG) will extend to the Philippines between $22 billion and $23 billion—or as much as over ₱1.2 trillion—in loan and other financing starting mid-2025 until 2031 to support both public and private initiatives aligned with the country 's climb to upper-middle-income...
Businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan, chairman and chief executive officer of the country’s largest power distributor, Manila Electric Company (Meralco), hopes President Marcos will appoint a capable successor to outgoing Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla. On the sidelines of Meralco’s Annual...
Be careful in reading too much on surveys. House of Representatives Spokesperson Princess Abante had this to say in reaction to the recent Pulse Asia survey which indicated that 50 percent of Filipinos opposed the filing of an impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte. In a chance...
President Marcos has met with the prime ministers of Thailand and Cambodia to reaffirm the Philippines ' intention to further enhance its trade cooperation with both countries. Marcos met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on the sidelines...
President Marcos has stressed the need for greater synergy, innovation, and political will within the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) as the subregional grouping enters the next phase of its shared development agenda. “The path ahead calls for...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, May 27, expressed support for President Marcos ' call for the courtesy resignation of Cabinet officials, while raising red flags over the performance of the Department of Health (DOH), zeroing in on Secretary Teodoro Herbosa’s frequent foreign travels. In...
The national government recorded a budget surplus of ₱67.3 billion in April, marking a 57.5 percent jump from the same month last year, as tax collections rose by 7.8 percent—boosted by stronger revenue from corporate, personal income, and value-added taxes (VAT) collected by the Bureau of...
