Qualified government employees are expected to receive their Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 performance-based bonus (PBB) earlier than usual this year, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the government is moving to expedite the processing and release...
Newly installed Cabinet Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. will not serve in the traditional role of Cabinet secretary but will instead make nationwide rounds to represent President Marcos, Malacañang said. President Marcos has directed Abalos to travel around the country to ensure that government...
Malacañang said the term of Calabarzon police chief Brigadier General Hansel Marantan will not be extended. The proposed service extension for Marantan was thumbed down by President Marcos, Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro disclosed on Thursday, July 9. Marantan...
First Lady Louise “Liza” Araneta‑Marcos, alongside Mayor Edwin Olivarez, spearheaded the distribution of 10 kilos of rice each to 2,579 vulnerable residents of Barangay San Antonio on Thursday, July 9, under the national government’s food assistance program. The second tranche of the...
Insinuating that President Marcos has influence over the impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte is the "lowest kind of argument," Malacañang said. The role of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in the probe over the alleged death threats made by Duterte against the President,...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon expressed gratitude to First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos for distributing free rice to about 3,000 residents on July 8 under the national government’s “Bigay Bigas sa Masa” program. “Maraming salamat sa pagbisita sa Muntinlupa (Thank you for visiting Muntinlupa),...
President Marcos has appointed Philip Lo as secretary of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro announced Lo 's designation during a Palace briefing on Wednesday, July 8. Lo previously...
President Marcos challenged government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs) to eliminate inefficiencies and continue modernizing their systems. In his speech during the 2026 GOCCs Day on Wednesday, July 8, Marcos encouraged them to never lose sight of the reason they exist—to serve the...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday, July 8, said it is looking into an incident involving Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro during President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s visit to Vancouver, Canada, last week. In a statement, the DFA said Foreign...
President Marcos has approved several initiatives in public transport, education, energy, disaster resilience, and artificial intelligence (AI), Malacañang said. Marcos presided over the 10th Economy and Development (ED) Council Meeting on July 7, where he approved key initiatives to improve...
If the public does not see the truth behind the accusations against Vice President Sara Duterte, it will indeed become bloody, Malacañang said. It came as a retaliation to Duterte 's statement during her brief appearance at the Senate on Tuesday, July 7, where she was quoted saying: In this...
President Marcos has appointed former Interior Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. as Cabinet Secretary, bringing back a key Palace position that the President himself abolished at the start of his administration. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro announced...
