A total of 903 policemen, including 28 junior and middle-ranking officers, were dismissed from the service for various offenses in 2024 in the continuing internal cleansing in the Philippine National Police (PNP). PNP chief, Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil said those dismissed were among the total of...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is upbeat with the changes coming to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), which is set to transition into the...
The Marcos administration aims to lift more Filipinos above the poverty line by reducing the volume of poor individuals to 13.2 percent or lower this year, deflating by 2.3 percent from 2023. “With the robust labor market performance and inflation deceleration in 2024, we expect to see...
Ignore the noise and focus on uplifting the lives of Filipinos, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin told public servants. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin (Photo courtesy of PCO) In his speech at the 2025 Budget Execution Forum on Friday, Jan. 24, Bersamin urged fellow public servants to renew...
Navotas lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco is supporting President Marcos’ move to reallocate P500 million from the Philippine National Police (PNP)’s fund to the restoration of its information technology (IT) programs, including the improvement the country’s emergency hotline. Tiangco, chairman...
A National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) top official maintained that the company is a Filipino corporation and run by Filipinos, allaying concerns about China role in the operation of the country's power grid. "The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) does not exercise control over...
(Unsplash) The National Transmission Corporation (Transco) has acknowledged before congressmen its backlogs in right-of-way (ROW) cases, including projects that go beyond their existence, as well as those that are related to the operation of...
Ex-president Rodrigo Duterte (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (PPAB) La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega believes that former president Rodrigo Duterte's claims of "‘blank appropriations’ in the P6.352-trillion national budget this...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Is the Philippine government eyeing a takeover of power grid operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) through the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF)? House Deputy Minority Leader AAMBIS-OWA Party-list Rep. Lex...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Facebook) SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta took issue with what he described as the undue focus given to transmission company National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on the problem of...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) Vice Chairman Henry Sy Jr., through another high-ranking official of the transmission company, has insisted that the Chinese...
CAVITE – A Chinese woman was kidnapped in General Trias City on Wednesday, Jan. 22. A report from the Police Regional Office 4A said the victim is a 33-year-old resident of Barangay Navarro. Initial investigation showed that the victim was inside her residence along with her house helper and...