The recurrence of gas supply restriction from the Malampaya field has triggered another round of shutdown for the 414-megawatt San Gabriel power plant of First Gen Corporation, according to sources from the company. The gas being fed to the San Gabriel power plant of the Lopez group is drawn from...
President Marcos directed government agencies and local government units (LGUs) to support senior citizen activities during the annual celebration of the Elderly Filipino Week. Through Memorandum Circular No. 34 dated Sept. 29 and signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Marcos ordered the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will send 25 of its personnel to South Sudan as part of the peacekeeping commitment by the national government to the United Nations (UN). PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said the 25 policemen were already trained and briefed on their assignment as part of...
Back to the good old days. The use of service firearms will now be the last option for policemen in dealing with law offenders after the Philippine National Police (PNP) has issued a directive which paved the way to the return of whistle and baton as part of their uniform. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin...
The government received about $32.40 billion in concessional loans and grants last year, with most of the funds allocated to infrastructure projects, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) reported. Based on NEDA's Official Development Assistance (ODA) Portfolio Review 2022 report ,...
BACOLOD CITY – Four policemen in this city are being investigated for their alleged involvement in a P15-million Philippine National Police recruitment scam in La Castellana, Negros Occidental. Police Col. Noel Aliño, Bacolod police director, in a media interview, said that these policemen...
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) on Monday, Oct. 2 kicked off the month-long celebration of Indigenous Peoples (IP) Month 2023. Photo credit to NCIP “The month-long observance is an avenue to promote reconciliation and understanding between our IP brothers and sisters and...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from YouTube live) Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman continues to lecture former Supreme Court (SC) Justice Adolf Azcuna about what Congress can and cannot do to the proposed national budget. Lagman,...
Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas was designated as the acting regional director of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 4A in the latest reshuffle that also affected three other senior officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Lucas replaced Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces as the...
The full roster of the Philippine women’s national football team is expected to assemble when it holds a training camp ahead of the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament second round this October. Filipinas members at the FIFA Women's World Cup. (PWNFT) The mission remains firm for...
Retail prices in Metro Manila remained unchanged in August, breaking a streak of five consecutive months of increases, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Based on the PSA data, the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) remained steady at 3.9 percent...
President Marcos has renewed his commitment to addressing the concerns of the country's education system as he vowed to work harder to improve the lives of the country's educators. TRIBUTE TO TEACHERS — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte join Filipino...
