President Marcos will "keep an eye," not literally sit, on the 2026 budget deliberations, Malacañang clarified. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the President 's pronouncement to oversee the budget process was merely to express that "he will keep an...
The influential Makati Business Club (MBC) is calling for the retention of the administration’s economic managers and other “ efficient ” department heads following President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s call for all of his Cabinet Secretaries to resign. Marcos announced on...
Progressive group Bayan Muna on Thursday, May 22, has hit President ' Marcos ' order for his Cabinet heads to resign, calling it a "mere political maneuver rather than a genuine effort to address the nation 's pressing issues". Former Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate said...
President Marcos ' extension of an olive branch to his vocal critics--the Dutertes--shows the Chief Executive 's good manners and level-headedness. Thus, said San Juan City lone district Rep. Ysabel Maria "Bel" Zamora, one of the House prosecutors in the impeachment trial of Vice...
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla submitted to President Marcos his courtesy resignation on Thursday, May 22. “In line with your call for a government devoted solely to public service and free from politics, I respectfully tender my courtesy resignation as Secretary of Justice,”...
President Marcos is expected to push for the speedy conclusion of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Code of Conduct (COC) during his participation at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia next week. Marcos will follow through on his call to ASEAN member states to...
A leader of a transport group expressed gratitude to President Marcos for ordering the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to review the proposal to increase the insurance claims for private vehicles. Boy Vargas, president of the Alliance of Transport Operators and Drivers Association of the...
Following orders from President Marcos, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara officially resigned from his post on Thursday, May 22. "Today, I submitted my courtesy resignation as Secretary of the Department of Education, effective immediately," Angara said in a statement. "This...
Senators welcomed on Thursday, May 22 President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s move to call for the courtesy resignation of all his Cabinet secretaries saying it would be a good start for his administration. “Calling for the courtesy resignations of his official family is a good...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – This province is ready to host this year’s Palarong Pambansa with the Department of Education from May 24 to 30. Gov. Matthew Marcos Manotoc has inspected the Ferdinand E. Marcos Memorial Stadium here, the main venue of the Palaro. Gov.Manotoc has also inspected...
Incoming Abra lone district Rep. Joseph "JB" Bernos--who as yet is president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP)--expressed his full support Thursday, May 22 behind President Marcos ' sweeping review of his Cabinet. Municipal officials urged President Ferdinand R....
A spokesperson for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) clarified on Thursday, May 22, that the poll body was not part of the President’s Cabinet amid a calll from Malacañang for all Cabinet secretaries to tender courtesy resignations. According to Comelec Spokesman Rex Laudiangco, George Erwin...
