Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (PPAB) The urgency to enact the national budget on time justifies not having lawmakers ratify corrections to the bicam report just before the budget measure gets signed by the President. Marikina...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) reported that it had generated P15.8 billion ($272 million) from the sale of its stake in AirTrunk, a leading data center operator in the Asia-Pacific region. Wick Veloso, GSIS president and general manager, said this divestment, facilitated...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has overhauled its loan penalty computation method, shifting to a simpler, more borrower-friendly system to provide financial relief to its members. In a statement, Wick Veloso, GSIS president and general manager, said the state pension fund aims to...
Senator Joel Villanueva has been awarded the prestigious World Integrity Prize and recognized as a "Person of Sincere Anti-Corruption Integrity" by the South Korea-based Anti-Corruption Civil Movement General Federation (ACCMGF). (Photo from the Office of Senator Joel Villanueva) This accolade...
Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, speaks during a plenary session in the Congress Hall during the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP) DAVOS, Switzerland (AP)...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Wednesday, January 22 rejected claims there were supposedly items in the P6.3-trillion General Appropriations Act of 2025 that were left blank. In a press briefing at the Senate, Escudero said he found such claims preposterous considering...
JTI Philippines has appointed Guilherme Silva as its new general manager, effective January 2025, to continue its growth trajectory in the domestic market. Silva, who previously served as the company's Marketing Director in 2011, brings a wealth of experience from various leadership roles within...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A police officer allegedly raped a 17-year-old student here. Police Col. Nicomedes Olaivar, city police director, has placed the suspect, a police master sergeant assigned at the Police Station 3 here, under restrictive custody while charges for rape and grave misconduct are...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) announced that AIA Philippines Life and General Insurance Company Inc. has agreed to sell its four percent stake in Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corporation (PDHSC). In a disclosure, the PSE said AIA is selling its 250,000 PDHSC shares for P150 million, or...
AFP chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. (Photo: AFP) The construction of the Metro Manila subway provides a strategic advantage for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), military chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. said on Friday, Jan. 17. Brawner made the remark a day after he graced the launching of...
A 35-year-old beauty salon owner was shot dead by a lone gunman in General Santos City on Wednesday night. TAMPUS (FB) The victim was identified as Renante Tampus. Investigation said a n unidentified armed man entered the establishment before 7 p.m. Moments later, customers inside fled upon seeing...
Palestinians struggle for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File) UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations said Wednesday that it’s ready to ramp up the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza following a...
