The construction of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Extension, the Philippines’ first airport-bound highspeed railway, will create 10,000 jobs and cut down travel time between Metro Manila and Clark to only about an hour, Japanese Ambassador to Manila Koshikawa Kazuhiko said over the...
The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) faction led by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has started releasing Certificates of Nomination and Acceptance (CONAs) to its candidates for the 2022 national and local elections. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo from Department of...
Senator Francis Pangilinan has questioned the supposed reduction of funds for government hospitals under the P4.5-trillion 2022 proposed national budget. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Senate of the Philippines) "Nasa pandemya tayo. Mag-iisang buwan na rin tayong nasa mga 20,000 ang new cases...
Some polling firms have reportedly been excluding Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson in the choices for possible presidential bets preferred by voters in the 2022 elections, the senator disclosed on Saturday, September 18. Senator Panfilo Lacson announces his bid for presidency in the 2022 elections on...
Despite recognizing the great influence of social media "trolls", Vice President Leni Robredo still won't stoop to the level of using them for her own communications strategy. (Photos from OVP, Unsplash) Robredo made this clear on Friday, Sept. 17 even as she contemplates whether or not to run for...
The faction of Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III in the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) laughed off the estafa and qualified theft complaints filed by the group of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi against a former officer of the ruling party. President Rodrigo Duterte...
Vice President Leni Robredo is still holding out hope that she could have a simultaneous meeting with fellow administration critics Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso and Senator Manny Pacquiao before Oct. 8. (From left) Vice President Leni Robredo, Mayor Isko Moreno, Senator Manny...
Vice President Leni Robredo has yet to make a decision--even on a personal level--on what position she would run for, if at all, in the May 2022 national elections. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Robredo made this clarification in a chance interview with reporters Friday, Sept. 17 during...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Friday, Sept. 17, that the isolation polling places (IPPs) being prepared are only for voters who exhibit symptoms of COVID-19 upon their arrival in the polling centers and not for those who are already confirmed positive for the said...
Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) launched on Wednesday, Sept. 15, a "Global Day of Action" in support of union members who have been continuously receiving harassment amid the ongoing pandemic. (Photo from Kilusang Mayo Uno) "Habang dumarami ang kaso ng COVID-19 at tumitindi ang gutom at hirap...
BRIA Homes, a subsidiary of Golden MV Holdings, Inc., is taking the lead and participating in the International Housing Fiesta Filipinas (IHFF), the largest international online real estate trade show, to reach more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) buyers. Bria Logo The IHFF is being organized by...
The National Economic and Development Authority said the Philippines needs to invest at least a trillion pesos over the next nine years to ensure Filipinos have access to clean and reliable water supply. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said on Thursday, Sept. 16, that the...
