President Marcos has approved the proposed P6.793-trillion national budget for fiscal year 2026, Malacañang announced on Tuesday, July 15. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro disclosed that Marcos approved the proposed national budget during a Cabinet meeting at...
Calling it an epidemic, Senator Raffy Tulfo is set to file a bill seeking a total ban on online gambling in the country. "Total stop, hindi yung (not just) strictly regulated. For me, it has to stop. Grabe na (This is too much)," Tulfo said in a press conference on Tuesday, July 15. He is set to...
President Marcos has issued an executive order abolishing the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Military and Police Affairs (OPAMPA). Marcos abolished the office through Executive Order No. 89 dated July 11. The President named several relevant agencies to perform the functions of the office...
Public trust in the top four Philippine officials improved in June 2025, based on the latest results of a Stratbase-commissioned survey that was officially released by Social Weather Stations (SWS) on Tuesday, July 15. President Marcos’ net trust rating improved to +18, with 48 percent of...
President Marcos believes that the new communications secretary, his fifth under his term, would be able to accurately and clearly send the government 's message to the public. After administering the oath of office of new Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Dave Gomez, Marcos...
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced that former DOE Undersecretary Sharon Garin has been officially inducted as the new Energy chief, following the oath-taking ceremony with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. In a statement on Monday, July 14, Garin said that she would build on the work of former...
Ramon S. Ang-led San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is set to build a new passenger terminal at Godofredo P. Ramos Airport in Caticlan, the main gateway to Boracay Island, which is expected to increase the airport’s capacity to seven million passengers starting 2027. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos...
The country’s oldest business group is urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to advance his administration’s entire agenda through a single bill, similar to the One Big Beautiful Bill recently signed into law by United States (US) President Donald Trump. The Chamber of Commerce of the...
President Marcos has underscored the government’s push to open regional tourism and business hubs to international flights, saying these would allow foreign travelers to skip Metro Manila and head straight to their chosen destinations. Marcos said this as he led the groundbreaking of the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said he hopes that the upcoming meeting between United States President Donald Trump and President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will eventually lead to positive results and a reconsideration of the tariff imposed on the Philippines. This after the Philippine...
Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri stated on Saturday, July 12, that the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) has already become a breeding ground for excellent and competitive young minds, and its revised charter could have helped them excel even further. "I am disheartened to learn...
There will be no cover-up in the case of the missing sabungeros, Malacañang said amid the ongoing investigation of the four-year-old case. After President Marcos ordered the deeper and extensive investigation on the case of at least 34 cockfighting enthusiasts, who went missing four years ago,...
