Former Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri expressed his belief that developing a robust local defense industry would strengthen the Philippine defense posture tenfold and ultimately minimize its reliance on procuring foreign military equipment. (MB file photo) Zubiri stated this as the...
A Senate panel on Monday, August 12, said that there's "strong evidence" against independent contractors Jojo Nones and Richard Cruz who are implicated in the complaint filed by actor Sandro Muhlach before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Nino Muhlach (Senate PRIB photo/MB) Senate...
‘Good luck!’ Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has this to say to the Philippine National Police (PNP) after it changed the government’s approach to the so-called “war on drugs.” “I wish them good luck. I hope and pray that they will succeed,” said Dela Rosa, former...
The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) is appealing to the government to declare smuggling an act of economic sabotage, saying that illicit trade harms the local economy and steals billions of pesos in government revenue. Jesus Arranza, chairman of the Federation of Philippine Industries...
As the Philippine National Police (PNP) starts implementing its recalibrated anti-illegal drugs operations, its chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil reminded all policemen that they have no right to take the life of any person. In his speech during the flag-raising ceremony at Camp Crame in...
(Noel Pabalate/MANILA BULLETIN) Makati City 2nd district Rep. Luis Campos Jr. said the Marcos administration has bumped up the country’s Calamity Fund to P31 billion in preparation for the impending impact of climate change and extreme...
Gen. Rommel Francisco D. Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Sunday, Aug. 11, a recalibrated approach on the campaign against illegal drugs that prioritizes targeting the sources and supply chains instead of focusing on street-level pushers and users. Marbil...
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos said the public can now access 66,000 books from Malacañang that were restored by the National Library of the Philippines (NLP) and stored at its newly inaugurated Permanent Gallery. BOOKS FOR ALL — First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos speaks at the inauguration of the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is batting for massive reforms in the Department of Education’s (DepEd) National Learning Recovery Program (NLRP) in a bid to effectively target learners needing interventions. (MB file photo) “It seems to us that, first, it is not reaching the right clientele....
State-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) is seeking the allocation of P6.02 billion supplemental budget so it can have ready financial capacity to cough up investment in case one of the consortium-members in the Malampaya gas field project would face snags in its capital contribution to the...
President Marcos has pledged to respond to the needs of Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines in order to help them in preserving their way of life. "Drawing from our genuine desire to provide them the honor they rightfully deserve, the government reassures its high regard for the indigenous...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed deep concern over the alleged misreporting made in police blotters in Davao City as an "attempt" to cover up the city's real crime statistics. In a statement, the CHR cited reports of "discrepancies" in two police log books which showed different...
