NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo The goal of bringing internet connectivity to the different communities in the country, especially in far-flung areas, is gaining headway under the Department of Information and Communications Technology’s BroadBand ng Masa (BBM) program that is anchored on the...
More than 2,000 Filipinos have accepted the invitation of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to visit Malacañang as he opened the Palace grounds to the public for the Christmas season. Malacañang photo In a Facebook post, the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) said more and more people...
Useful and productive. This was how President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. described the recently concluded 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Meeting in Thailand, saying the future for the organization's members is now clearer. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr....
PAL president-pilot flew PH president to ASEAN Summit By EMMIE V. ABADILLA Philippine Airlines (PAL) President and COO Capt. Stanley K. Ng piloted the flight that carried President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to Phnom Penh, Cambodia for the ASEAN 2022 Summit last week. Capt. Ng was the first active...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is pushing for the issuance of an Executive Order (EO) to create a one-stop shop permitting process for offshore wind power projects to stimulate capital flow into that segment of the renewable energy (RE) sector. Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla cited the importance...
A global partner. That is the picture President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. wants to paint for the Philippines during the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits and Relation Summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, this week. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion In spite of the massive financial contribution of overseas Filipinos to the country’s economy, this incontrovertible fact is seldom acknowledged in major speeches. The magnitude of their contribution is amply shown in key statistics in 2021. Their total US$31.4 billion...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) intends to deploy digital connectivity faster under the Marcos' administration's Build, Better More Program, DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy said. Uy made this commitment during a press briefing Wednesday, July 27 at the Manila Hotel...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has directed the officials of the Department of Energy (DOE) to submit a comprehensive report on oil price swings as well as the cost impacts of rising fuel prices to the public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and the agricultural sector as basis for potential...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. should prioritize rehabilitating the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in his first one hundred days in office, an infrastructure-oriented think tank urged. "One of the original sins of the previous administration has been the cancelation of the NAIA...
A total of 782 Pasay City policemen were deployed to the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) to secure the area where the antigen testing of VIP guests for the inauguration of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. (PBBM)on Thursday, June 30, will be conducted. According...
A board director of state-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) sounded off that incoming President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will likely revive the "joint exploration deal" with China, indicating that extraction of petroleum resources can finally progress at the contested West Philippine Sea...
