Enforcing price ceilings on rice would eliminate unhealthy competition among rice traders who are taking advantage of the rice situation in the country, a farmers group said. (Mark Balmores/MB Photo) Expressing support for the government's move to set price ceilings on rice, a farmers group in...
Senate President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri expressed the need to come up with a special law against road rage after the gun-toting incident that occurred in Quezon City involving a cyclist and a former policeman. Former policeman Wilfredo Gonzales, who was involved in a gun-toting incident in Quezon...
British Ambassador to the Philippines Ambassador Laure Beaufils highlighted how the significant achievements under the United Kingdom-Philippines Enhanced Partnership (EP) will boost the “joint ambitions” of the two countries in the areas of economy, trade, maritime security, and climate...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has committed that the Philippines will maintain the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a competitive and integrated regional economy as he pushed for a rules-based trade system. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. declared that the Philippines is ready to host the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in 2026, a year earlier than when the country is scheduled to chair the regional bloc next. THE SUMMIT BEGINS —...
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of KJ Rosales/PPA Pool) As expected, the House Committee on Appropriations extended "parliamentary courtesy" to the Office of the President (OP) Tuesday, Sept. 5, resulting to the swift termination of the...
Malacañang has defended the decision of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to release the P221.424-million in confidential funds to the office of Vice President Sara Duterte last year, saying the President saw the need to release the amount. Vice President Sara Duterte (Ali Vicoy) Marcos,...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. arrived here on Monday evening, kicking off his participation in the 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits. Philippine Airlines Flight PR001 at the Villamor Airbase. This aircraft carried...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has congratulated newly elected Thailand Prime Minister Sretta Thavisin. Thailand Prime Minister Sretta Thavisin (Photo from Sretta Thavisin X Profile Page) Marcos took to social media his well wishes to Thailand's 30th prime minister on Monday, Sept. 4. "I...
While President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. assured that the rice price cap is only temporary, he ordered the prompt release of aid to rice retailers affected by the price ceilings on rice. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian (Ali Vocoy) Marcos told the Department of Social Welfare and Development...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday, Sept. 4, assured rice retailers that the price cap imposed on rice will not last long and that the government is ready to help them shoulder the losses caused by his directive. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his departure speech at...
There is something fundamentally wrong if the Office of the Vice President is guaranteed a higher confidential and intelligence fund (CIF) over the Department of National Defense (DND) and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) and other government agencies whose primary task includes...
