Despite leaving her official family, Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday, June 25, maintained that she and President Marcos are still friends. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte Facebook page) “I would think,...
CEBU CITY – No money will be wasted in the conduct of cloud-seeding operations in the province of Bohol. BAGS of salt are loaded into a plane for cloud-seeding in Bohol on Monday, June 24. (Contributed photo) The Department of Agriculture (DA)-Bohol gave this assurance as it defended the ongoing...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is expecting around 3.64 million metric tons of rice inventory for this year, which it said, is equivalent to 93 days of national consumption. The figure is almost 100 percent higher than the rice inventory recorded in December last year at only 1.9 million metric...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has thanked on Monday, June 24 the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and the Department of Health (DOH) for approving his request for...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said that Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) may collaborate with the Marcos administration on its borrowing activities. In a recent Facebook post, the DOF disclosed that Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto met with SMBC and SMBC Nikko senior executives to explore...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has greenlit the release of P14 billion to cover the regular pension requirements of military retirees for the period of July to September 2024. The approval, granted on June 14, 2024, comes in response to the Department of National Defense (DND) –...
The government’s expenses for infrastructure projects increased in April this year driven by flood control projects and foreign-assisted projects, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said. The national government's total infrastructure and other capital outlays amounted to P118.9...
Amid closer ties between Manila and Washington and their joint military exercises under the watch of President Marcos, the Philippines landed among the top 17 destinations of US civil aerospace and defense exports in the Asia-Pacific region from April 2023 to March 2024. During the 12-month period,...
The confectionary and ice cream market in the Philippines is experiencing robust growth, projected to increase by eight percent annually, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). This expansion is being fueled by Filipinos' passion for sweets and the positive shifts in the...
The government released over P88 billion in May with the bulk of it going to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to fund its foreign-assisted projects. Data from the Department of Budget and Management showed that the DPWH was allotted P46.9 billion for its capital outlays to cover...
Photo from Unsplash The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Animal Industry on Friday, June 21, confirmed the Philippines’ first case of human-transmissible Q fever. The infection was detected in some goats imported from the United States, which were brought to a government breeding farm in...
The Philippines and Peru have inaugurated a Bilateral Consultation Meeting (BCM) that will eventually give way for both sides to discuss common concerns and other engagements. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro and her Peruvian counterpart, Vice Foreign Minister...
