Reginald Sagun Velasco was elected by the House of Representatives to serve as Secretary General of the 19th Congress as it commenced its first regular session last Monday, July 25. House Speaker Rep. Martin Romualdez administers the oath of newly-elected House Secretary General Reginald Velasco...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) announced it will grant emergency loan to assist members and pensioners in quake-stricken Northern Luzon. Hours after a powerful earthquake struck on Wednesday, July 27, Wick Veloso, GSIS president and general manager said the pension fund has...
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Danilo Cruz has expressed his desire for the agency to provide more training that will improve the economic and social standing of the Filipino workforce. TESDA/MB He said this during his first flag raising ceremony as...
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao (PNA) – Saying they are tired and disappointed, five more members of the extremist Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) operating in North Cotabato surrendered to authorities Thursday, July 21, the military here said Friday, July 22. FIVE members of the Bangsamoro...
The trustees of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) have elected veteran banker Jose Arnulfo “Wick” Veloso as president and general manager of the state-owned pension fund. Veloso, who was chosen by President Marcos to head the country's pension fund service for state workers, said...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Consul General Li Lin of the People’s Republic of China Consul has vowed to work hard to push bilateral relationships with the country in general and Zamboanga City in particular. Zamboanga mayor John Dalipe presents a token to Consul General Li Lin of the People’s Republic of...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A happy-trigger policeman is facing administrative and criminal charges after he indiscriminately fired his firearm while drunk in Barangay Lagao here Tuesday, July 12. Police Lt. Col. Aldrin Gonzales, spokesperson of the General Santos City Police Office, said charges...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered the speeding up of the printing and distribution of national ID cards so Filipinos can start using it by next year. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. virtually presides over a meeting with NEDA Director-General Arsenio Balisacan. (Photo...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte and Republic of China Consul General Li Lin discussed support for indigenous peoples in an evening dinner here Saturday, July 9. DAVAO City Rep. Paolo Duterte and China Consul General Li Lin. Rep. Duterte and Li met at the house of the...
Catholic priest Father Bryand Restituto of the Archdiocese of Palo has been appointed as the new assistant secretary general of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). Based on the CBCP News website, Restituto was "formally introduced to the bishops on July 9, the first of their...
It is up to the Philippines under the Marcos administration to participate in the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday. DFA Asec. for Office of Public and Cultural Diplomacy Ed Meñez made the remark in response to a...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be referring the Supreme Court (SC) resolution on the mayoralty election in Agoo, La Union to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) as part of standard protocol. MB file photo "Per standard protocols and procedures, we will be referring the matter to...
