Malacañang on Tuesday, Feb. 7, named new appointees of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) and the Office of the President (OP). President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (File photo/MANILA BULLETIN) The Presidential Communications Office (PCO)...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has deemed "reasonable" the proposal to increase taxes on luxury goods from 20 percent to 25 percent. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) "alagay ko naman (I think), it’s reasonable that we will tax the consumption side of those who...
An 85-man team will leave for Turkey on Wednesday, Feb. 8, to bring assistance to those heavily affected by the strong earthquake in the foreign country. Rescue workers and volunteers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building, in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on February 6, 2023, after a...
Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday, February 7 said she cannot defend the Regional Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (RCEP) that Malacañang is pushing as this contradicts her stand on the matter. "My conscience is not clear to defend the controversial RCEP on the Senate floor as chairman of the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has encouraged the public to pay the "correct amount" of taxes on time, saying it is crucial to the country's economic recovery. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Ali Vicoy) "I encourage the public to pay the correct amount of taxes on time to...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has labeled as "unfortunate" the surging inflation rate of the country which rose to 8.7 percent in January. Marcos, however, believes that amid the rise of the inflation rate from 8.1 percent in December last year, it will go down by the second quarter of...
What were the bright minds of Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) doing at the Speaker Martin Romualdez-led House of Representatives on Tuesday, Feb. 7? Clockwise: ADMU university seal, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Wikipedia, MANILA BULLETIN, PPAB)...
​President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s working visit to Japan is expected to yield 8,000 jobs for Filipino workers, the Philippines' top diplomat there said Tuesday. Ambassador Mylene Garcia-Albano made the estimate as she said around P150 billion are expected as "substantial returns...
The Philippines has secured a commitment from an international firm to boost sugar sufficiency and ethanol production in the country, Malacañang announced. Sugarcane farmers (Manila Bulletin File Photo) In a meeting with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Monday, Feb. 6, DATAGRO, a...
(COURTESY OF SOCIAL WEATHER STATIONS) President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. received a “very good” net satisfaction rating of +68 (percentage of satisfied minus percentage of dissatisfied), while Vice President Sara Duterte got an “excellent” rating of +77, based on the Social Weather Stations...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will depart for Tokyo, Japan Wednesday, Feb. 8, for a working visit. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos arrive from Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21, 2023. (Noel Pabalate) The working visit, the Department of Foreign...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has told the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to be more agile in diplomacy and geopolitical negotiations aside from its military functions. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Marcos made the statement during the mass oath-taking...
